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USA Today: Family comes to the fore in poignant 'Boys Are Back'
By Claudia Puig
USA Today
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September 25, 2009
This lovely and emotionally resonant film about a family shattered by grief deserves better than a forgettably glib title that conjures up images of beer brawls or gangster affiliations.
But don't let that put you off. The Boys Are Back is a film for adults that poignantly addresses the emotional fallout from two staggering familial disasters: divorce and early death. The effects of these tragedies on its innocent victims - children - is explored believably, avoiding contrivance or sentimentality.
Director Scott Hicks has explored familial ties before in 1996's terrific Shine. Here, Hicks adapts the 2001 memoir by Simon Carr.
Clive Owen gives a stand-out, heartfelt performance as Joe...
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