Boy A
Boy A
“ Who decides who gets a second chance? ”
CINEMA2008-07-23
RegionGB
Runtime106 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Andrew Garfield is heartbreakingly fragile as a reformed youth offender desperately trying to build a normal life under an alias.”
Storyline
Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, Jack notices a distressed child, and, after reuniting the girl with her family, becomes a local celebrity. But when a local newspaper unearths his past, Jack...
DIRECTOR / Director
John Crowley
KEYWORDS
child abuserapebased on novel or bookparent child relationshiprehabilitationgravemelancholybased on true storycoming of agecriminalincestchildhoodhaunted by the pasthardmoral dilemmahopelesscandidviolent youthbolddishearteningempatheticharshsympathetic
Featured in Topics
1Explore curated thematic universes and editorial collections
Theme Set|20 Movies
Rebirth: Crucible of Confinement & A Second Chance
Rebuilding life from the ruins of incarceration, addiction, and profound personal tragedy.
Andrew Garfield is heartbreakingly fragile as a reformed youth offender desperately trying to build a normal life under an alias.
