20:54 Friday, December 12 2008

boy A

Tonight, I watched Boy A, which told the story of a man released from prison after serving time for committing murder as a child. The subject matter is sobering to say the least. While its obvious that as a boy, he got involved in circumstances beyond his control, he's definitely reformed by the time he's released. Unfortunately, its obvious that things are going way too well since his release, and something tragic has to happen eventually (and it does). The acting was quite good, but there really wasn't enough story here to fill up the 2 hours, and chunks of it felt really sluggish.