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Boy
Comedy, Drama
Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy tender coming-of-age stories that balance eccentric humor, cultural specificity, and the ache of an unreliable parent.
- Tone
- warm, bittersweet, playful
- Payoff
- comfort, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- childhood, family absence, grief, belonging, imagination
- Setting
- 1980s, isolated coastal farming community
Content dimensions
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