THE BOYS ARE BACK

Guy’s Review...

Had no thoughts about this movie what so ever when I turned it on. I usually think that’s a good thing but sometimes it’s just really bad. This time it was a great thing. Finally Clive Owen gets a part that is challenging. Here he plays a father that has recently lost his wife to cancer. Now he’s alone with his young son in a house in the outbacks of Australia. He says that he won’t say no to his son anymore and just let him do what he wants. This will bring them closer together. Things are not that easy and Clive has to learn how to juggle his work as a journalist and the life with his son. Clive also has another son that he left at a young age. He invites him to stay with him and his younger son so they can reconnect again.

This all might sound super cheesy. It isn’t, it’s actually very moving believe it or not. Owen has never been better and the outbacks look beautiful. The children in this movie makes it better, their performances are spot one. The only thing that I think I had a problem with was the dialogue that Owen had with his dead wife throughout the movie. Did we need that? I’m not sure anymore.

Guy’s Rating: Nicely done, some good and bad feeling got stirred up here.

Girl’s OL: Thoughtful, cute, with a hint of sadness and a dash of Owen’s delicious good looks.