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Name: The Boy (2016)
Released: 2016-1-22
Cast: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle, Ben Robson

The Boy (2016)

PG-13
1h 37m
2016

31%

The Boy is a frightening thrill ride directed by William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside) and starring Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead). Greta (Cohan) is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village. She soon discovers that the family’s 8-year-old is a life-sized doll that they care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their son 20 years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta’s worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually alive.

Director:

William Brent Bell

Producer:

Jim Wedaa, Roy Lee, Matt Berenson, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright

Writer:

Stacey Menear

Cast:

Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle, Ben Robson, James Russell

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

31%

Critics Consensus: The Boy could have gone in any number of scary or interesting directions, but instead settles for usual jump scares scattered throughout a pedestrian plot.

Reviews

The Wolfman Cometh

Patrick Cavanaugh

Forgettable in a way that many PG-13 horror movies are, but just weird enough to set it apart from the crowd.

In an age where Hollywood is obsessed with demonic spirit possessions, poltergeists, and other ghostly hauntings, The Boy is a refreshing change of pace with fine acting and an effective production.

While The Boy has a nicely creepy atmosphere and tone, it rarely undertakes anything that has not been done before.

It could have been a great original, but it ruins itself in the "twist".

The Boy certainly has its moments of shock value but the sluggish story feels lukewarm for the most part. It is such a shame that The Boy could not capitalize any further on its strange and hypnotic inclinations.

November 9, 2018

FULL REVIEW