Boy A (2007)

Media: Film
Title: Boy A
Director: John Crowley

Boy A is highly recommended, small British film. It is mostly an impressive character study that displays with great empathy the reemergence of a child locked away since he was 14? for allegedly assisting in the murder of a classmate. Now at 21? Jack must try to start a new life while concealing his past from his colleagues, friends and his girlfriend. The most moving part of the film is watching Jack tentatively put a life together while still being tormented emotionally by his past. Now, while Boy A is mostly an intimate character study, it is also a thriller. Quietly, in the background, there is an angry mob stalking Jack believing he was not punished sufficiently and are out for vigilante justice. There is a tension sustained throughout the film that Jack’s past is about to jump out of the shadows and ruin the life he has pieced back together. If you go see Boy A you will be as enthralled as I was to see if it does.