The Boy

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"6.4/10"

Movies Viewed in 2021 (630 movies items)

" First Viewing Viewing Date: April 25th Via: iTunes Store Plot: An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive. Rating: 5.8/10"

Phoenix Feather's Movie Diary 2019 (659 movies items)

"(WATCHED: 10 February 2019)"

Watched in 2018 (161 movies items)

"Tuesday, October 9th"

“Nothing about this movie attracted me when I first saw ads for it but, boy, am I glad i watched it on a pure lark. I expected a generic offering but got so much more. In fact, what "The Boy" does best is play with your expectations and then pull the rug out from under you.

The first act builds itself up like a well structured doll horror movie, packed to the brim with foreshadowing and a well executed sense of nervous anticipation only to unexpectedly turn more into a psychological piece during it's second act. At this point you begin to notice that you shouldn't take things at face value even as it lures you into believing more and more in the supernatural as it goes into its third act. Again I found myself expecting one thing only to get another!

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My Top 10 Least Favourite Movies of 2016 (10 movies items)

"This comes to us from the director of The Devil Inside – still the worst movie of 2012 in my opinion – so I very quickly abandoned all hope! It's about an American nanny who's shocked to find that the boy of the English family she's charged with is actually a life-sized doll – a moment that left me just as baffled, wondering why she didn't leave immediately, as this couple was clearly insane. But of course, as the film progresses, it turns out the doll might be alive. And then a further tw"

Rainaloki (loppuvuosi 2017) (12 movies items)

" 25.12.Walking Dead -muikkeli hoitaa posliininukkea vaihtelevalla pieteetillä. Tietysti hämärässä kartanossa skutsin keskellä. Kohtalaista tunnelmointia, jota lopun jämäslasher vähän vesittää."