MaestroReviews

Deb and I are artists, painters actually. We go see films as often as once a week. That's right, we go to the theater and sit in a dark room with strangers to see movies. We rarely rent. We like "little" movies, foreign and documentary films. We try to stay away from mainstream and blockbusters whenever possible, but a couple sneak in each year. We seek out the obscure. We try to avoid violent movies, and that really limits our choices, most film makers seem to think violence makes a story interesting.
I try not to give anything away in the reviews, but offer an honest reaction.
We rate them 1~10, 10 being highest.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Boy

Deb 4 Me 6

Here's the latest film out of New Zealand, the current cinematic hot spot of the south Pacific. I nice little movie, I presume aimed at a younger audience. I think that because this is like a live action cartoon, the players are all sort of over-the-top caricatures and not always credible as real folks. It is based around a boy called Boy who plays the cute card quite well and does a good job for a youngster, but his little brother plays it a bit subtler which seemed to make him more interesting. The kid appears to have been raised by a nanny, and then falls under the influence of his estranged dad, who leads him down a road that (however immature it is) is not suitable for a kid. But the kid was raised well and reverts to his solid upbringing and makes good choices. A nice little fable told very slowly. I had to pee in the middle of the movie and found myself reading literature in the lobby rather than return to the movie, and according to those who stayed behind, I didn't miss much.

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