Boy A

(England, 2007, 100 mins)

35mm

Directed By: John Crowley

Writer: Mark O'Rowe
Producer: Lynn Horsford
Executive Producers: Nick Marston, Tally Garner, Liza Marshall
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Katie Lyons

A thoughtful portrayal of how our past can cast a darkening pall over our present, this story of rehabilitation and redemption follows a young man slowly reacquainting himself with society at large after many lost years. Where he has been and why is unclear, as director John Crowley—who also made the kinetic ensemble piece Intermission—carefully withholds information throughout the film, continually revising the viewer's impressions of the main character, played with beguiling poise by Andrew Garfield, while also reshaping the viewpoints of those around him. Peter Mullan, great as always, gives a salty but nuanced performance as the boy's appointed minder, the one person who has truly seen him through thick and thin. Adapted from the novel by Jonathan Trigell, Boy A is a powerful portrait of two men's ongoing struggle to break free of the grips of old sins.

-- Mark Olsen

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