The Boys are Back Film Review

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(Free-Press-Release.com) January 11, 2010 --

At first glance this looks like an exciting new Australian family drama but unfortunately The Boys are Back often comes off as an over-emotional weepy romance story, which the casting of Clive Owen in the lead role doesn’t help with. The plot (loosely based on British political journalist Simon Carr’s memoirs) follows recently widowed sports reporter Joe as he struggles to cope with being a single parent to young son Artie (Nicholas McAnulty) and deal with his own and Artie’s grieving for deceased wife Katy. To add to his troubles his teenager son from a previous relationship Harry (George MacKay) has coem to visit and he resents Joe as he feels he abandoned him in England to go and live with Katy and Artie in Australia when he was still a small child. Joes attitude to parenting is one of complete freedom, led by his urge to try and make Artie happy after he was devastated by the death of his mother. The lack of boundaries leads to complete chaos in their home and more dramatic consequences as... Read the full review at:

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