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The Boys Are Back

2009 · 104 min

A tender, bittersweet drama about a father learning to parent after loss, with moments of warmth and tension.

Directed by
Scott Hicks
Genres
Drama
Tagline
Inspired by a true story.
Overview
When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and other parents, he develops his own philosophies on parenting.

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Directed by
Scott Hicks
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Scott Hicks
Starring
Clive Owen, Laura Fraser, Emma Booth, George MacKay, Emma Lung, Natasha Little, Julia Blake, Nicholas McAnulty
Music
Hal Lindes
Cinematography
Greig Fraser
Runtime
104 min
Country
Australia, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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