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Little Boy Blue (1998)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:2
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A dark, moody story from Texas about Jimmy West (Phillippe), a young boy who struggles to remain normal in the midst of severe family dysfunction. His father, Ray, a crazed Vietnam veteran, forces... A dark, moody story from Texas about Jimmy West (Phillippe), a young boy who struggles to remain normal in the midst of severe family dysfunction. His father, Ray, a crazed Vietnam veteran, forces him to have sex with his wife for kicks. Eventually, a woman from Ray's past arrives to exact the revenge that will put him in his place once and for all. [More]
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Tyrin Turner
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Tyrin Turner, Jenny Lewis, Shirley Knight
Director: Antonio Tibaldi
Director: Antonio Tibaldi
Screenwriter: Michael Boston
Producer: Amedeo Ursini
Composer: Stewart Copeland
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Reviews for Little Boy Blue
Boston has written some excellent characters, and under Antonio Tibaldi's astute direction, the actors are uniformly superlative, right down to the walk-ons.
So muddled and frustrating in its storytelling that I felt like giving up on the film halfway through.
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