Review: The Boy (2015)

A breakdown of The Boy - no, not the one you are thinking of

The Good:

• David Morse and Rainn Wilson are both very good in this movie

• This film has atmosphere for days, and it serves the movie well

• There is some startling and effective imagery scattered throughout

• The Boy has a pretty cool poster

The Bad:

• While I understand why it is classified as horror, I would not consider it a horror movie

• This movie is slow - apparently trying to be meditative and instead being soporific

• Far too much of the plot doesn't really go anywhere interesting

• Much of this film rests on lead child actor Jared Breeze, and his is not the most compelling performance

The Ugly:

• Though I haven't seen it, I am willing to bet the 2016 movie of the same title is a better film

• Several scenes are outright tedious and none of them are short

• It's bad when your movie is a reasonable 105 minutes and still feels like it needed to be edited down

• The poster, while cool, sells a very different movie then the one you get

• I would only recommend this to someone who is either pretentious or I disliked

3 out of 10