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Boy A (2007)
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Ratings: 7.7/10 from 20,352 users
Metascore:
75/100
Reviews: 72 user | 80 critic | 22 from Metacritic.com The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child. Director:John Crowley |
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Schoolgirl
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Bully
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2nd Bully
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Eric's Dad
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Waitress
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Storyline
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy weighs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. Written by Peter Brandt Nielsen
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(Singapore) See more »Also Known As:
A Rapaz See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$13,024 (USA) (27 July 2008) (2 Screens)Gross:
$84,230 (USA) (17 August 2008)Company Credits
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Terry: What?
Jack Burridge: That's the name I want.
Terry: [slowly] Okay...
Jack Burridge: Jack
Terry: Well, that's the first thing taken care of.
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In a retrospective scene young Eric and his friend Philip are walking around impersonating Spider-Man shooting web and swinging along the street. Andrew Garfield, the actor playing old Eric/ Jack, is Peter Parker/Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man. See more »Quotes
Jack Burridge: JackTerry: What?
Jack Burridge: That's the name I want.
Terry: [slowly] Okay...
Jack Burridge: Jack
Terry: Well, that's the first thing taken care of.
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