"The Boys Are Back" is the true story of a man who must suddenly raise his two sons alone after the untimely passing of his second wife. The ill-prepared Joe, who is dealing with his own loss, is confronted with the daily challenges of parenthood while coping with his young son Artie's expressions of grief. They soon are joined by Harry, Joe's teenage son from his first marriage, who brings his own personal "baggage" into the mix. Without a roadmap for how to move forward, the three boys decide its best to leave the conventional rules and responsibilities of the grown-up world behind and lead a life based on the mantra 'just say yes.' When things go terribly awry, Joe is forced to step up and behave like a parent, but must figure out how to do so without completely abandoning the joy and exuberance shared in their more child-like world.
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Running Time:
104 min
MPAA rating:
PG-13
(for some sexual language and thematic elements)
Release Date:
Sep 25, 2009
Director:
Scott Hicks
Starring:
| Clive Owen | |
| Laura Fraser | |
| George MacKay | |
| Tommy Bastow | |
| Emma Booth |
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Clive Owen weeps! It may not be up there with “Garbo laughs,’’ but the star’s turn as a grieving single dad in the earnest and rather too painless drama “The Boys Are Back’’ is a game-changer. In the decade since “Croupier’’ popped him loose, Owen has fashioned a brooding, intelligent action-hero persona in upscale thrillers like “Children of Men’’ and “Inside Man.’’ As those titles indicate, he is a man in a world of big-screen pretty boys. Lately, though, Owen has been stretching, even smiling. There was the raffish corporate spy of this year’s underrated “Duplicity’’ and now he gets verklempt in this manly sob story from Scott Hicks (“Shine’’). (Full review)