Movie

The Boy

2015 · 110 min

A slow, unsettling character study that crawls under your skin, offering quiet dread and a chilling portrait of a child's detachment.

Tagline: Evil Always Begins Somewhere.
Overview: An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, madness, family, violence
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
madness
family
violence
death
Places: countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild