BoyActors - Reviews/Ratings by Cinefan

Welcome to BoyActors. Login.

Reviews by Cinefan

Sort by: Title | Rating

285 reviews/ratings - 15 pages (20 reviews/ratings per page)

The River Wild (1994)

A fast paced thriller with some great outdoors scenery and the versatile Joseph Mazzello playing his part wonderfully. I liked the scene where Joseph realises Bacon's character is a bad guy and says "I thought you were a nice man" and throws the baseball cap away. Good acting all round.

My Movie Rating:

7 / 10

Road to Perdition (2002)

You won't get a much better 30s atmosphere movie than this one. The period detail is amazing. Tyler Hoechlin plays the lead role as the son of a gangster hitman. He's sharing the screen with cinema stars like Tom Hanks and Paul Newman yet holds his own. A brooding story reflecting the harsh, brutal world of godfather-style gangsters. The car the father and son drive in makes you want to get behind the wheel of one of those marvellous contraptions!

Violent and dramatic, 'The Road to Perdition' is a great film. Everyone just about gets bumped off. I even feared at the end when Michael goes back to the old farming couple for sanctuary that the wife was going to come out with a gun and blow HIS head off!

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

The Road (2009)

A gripping film that tells an unsettling story of just what could happen if there was some terrible worldwide catastrophe. Grey and bleak, the heartrending portrayal of father and son trying to survive a lawless world was stamped on every frame. Kodi Smit-McPhee was outstanding as the boy thrown into this world while so young. The cannibals may have shocked some viewers but when you thought about it, that was a way to survive! A relentless film that had you always wondering how it would all end. As it happened, the ending was a mixture of sadness and hope for the future.

It was interesting to note that in the scene where father and son plunge into the lake by the waterfall, the man is starkers but the boy still wears shirt and shorts! Quite unrealistic, of course, but then what can film makers do when confronted by the taboo of showing a child's naked body?

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Robosapien: Rebooted (2008)

After seeing Bobby Coleman in 'Martian Child' what a let down this film was. After one viewing, my DVD went straight to the charity shop.

My Movie Rating:

5 / 10

The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)

Just seen this film of 1949 on YouTube. You can tell it's English with the cut glass accents and everyone dressed oh so formally. Rather good film for its time with good acting from John Howard Davies. The old tale of riches - at a price.

My Movie Rating:

7 / 10

A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)

A film of a typical boyish friendship put to the test when the dangerous stranger comes between them. It's one of those films where you are kept wondering what's going to happen and then it does in the most innocuous of circumstances during a day by the seaside. The friendship between the two boys is dealt with very effectively by the director even though Andrew and Ben apparently quarrelled a lot on set.

My Movie Rating:

7 / 10

Santa Who? (2000)

Not one of the best Christmas films even with cute Max Morrow in it. Even Santa's elves didin't come across as particularly Christmassy and even somewhat bullying.

My Movie Rating:

4 / 10

Scrooge (1951)

Dickens is what the British do best and 'Scrooge' is a fine example. Masterly acting by Alistair Sim as the miser and the scene with Tiny Tim (Glyn Dearman) looking in the shop window beautifully done. I liked the good looking John Charlesworth as Peter.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)

Known as 'Innocent Moves' here in the UK, Max Pomeranc gave a masterful performance as the boy chess prodigy. Interesting to see the point made about the parents having to be kept away from the tournament room. This is what can happen actually. And what of Michael Nirenberg cast as Max's arch enemy, Jonathan Poe? Poor kid, even though given the part of the baddy boy he played his character well. From the position of the pieces at the time Poe was offered a draw, several chess buffs have since pointed out that Poe could've won. Fine film and well acted by all the boy performers.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Secondhand Lions (2003)

A fairly good film and when you're playing up against Robert Duvall and Michael Caine you have to be a pretty good boy actor. Needless to say Haley Joel Osment rose to the occasion. Haley was 14 when he was in 'Secondhand Lions' and had the muscles to show for it.

My Movie Rating:

6 / 10

The Selfish Giant (2013)

A raw and grim movie indeed. It seemed every other line of dialogue contained the F word, there was hardly a moment when kids or adults weren't screaming at each other or coming to blows. I think the grimness was ladled on with a trowel. I think the director, Clio Barnard, inserted shots of horses and sheep in fields so that the audience could have a rest from all the expletives and shouting that was going on. However, Connor Chapman was really good for a boy actor's first film. It was a relief, towards the end, that Swifty's mother showed forgiveness and understanding to the distraught Arbor.

My Movie Rating:

6 / 10

Senza ragione (1972)

An unusual film to star handsome Mark Lester although that might be because one of the producers is Michael Lester. A real 70s knock-and-drag-'em-out kind of film with atrocious background music. Not very comfortable for Mark to act in with some rough outdoor scenes. Notable for the scene where Mark undresses in front of the mirror.

My Movie Rating:

5 / 10

Shane (1953)

This is a classic Western if not THE classic Western. Brandon De Wilde is outstanding playing the homesteader's little boy, Joey, and worthy of an Oscar nomination. Alan Ladd is great as Shane even if he was rather undersized for the part. Apparently, he had to stand on a box in some of the scenes! A wonderful film with its famous dramatic ending.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

The Shining (1980)

This film was recently shown on BBC TV. While the photography is good the acting is best described as 'over the top' by the adult actors. Danny Lloyd is great in his part but I don't think he knew much about what was going on.

My Movie Rating:

5 / 10

Shipwrecked (1990)

A bit of an amateur production and typical Disney but what a great looking boy actor in Stian Smestad. I had hoped there would be some desert island scenes of Stian swimming in the altogether but no such luck. The film was a rollicking tale of pirates and skulduggery even if Gabriel Byrne's uniform was not very British. What the hell was that gorilla doing there? He soon disappeared as a character.

My Movie Rating:

6 / 10

Silent Night (2002)

A great boy film complete with social message. Fine performance from Matthew Harbour as the young German boy, Fritz, spending Christmas Eve with his mother in 1944. Matthew plays his part with sensitivity caught as he is between wanting to serve his country and Fuehrer and finding out the Yanks aren't as bad as he was led to believe.

My Movie Rating:

7 / 10

The Sixth Sense (1999)

BOY ACTOR OSCAR RATING. A really great thriller with a supernatural twist at the end that works very well. Haley Joel Osment is outstanding as the boy who sees dead people. His performance was certainly worthy of a BA Oscar.

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Skellig (2009)

Unusual but with a great performance from Bill Milner.

My Movie Rating:

6 / 10

Sleepers (1996)

Not often you get four teen boy actors in one film and showing off their bodies in some scenes too. Not often, either, you get four adult big screen names in one film. The four boys were great in their parts but had to disappear half way through the film. Okay but nothing great.

My Movie Rating:

6 / 10

Sling Blade (1996)

With his Southern drawl, Lucas Black is spot on in his role as young Frank. He gives able support to Billy Bob Thornton as the simple minded Carl. The DVD extras reveal that Thornton had all the parts filled for his film except a 10 year old kid. He cast Lucas after seeing a video his mother made of her son in their backyard. A great film showing compassion, an unlikely friendship and ultimate tragedy.

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

This site is non-commercial and is not an official or representative web presence for any of the actors or movies listed. All images and text are the property of their respective owners. Do not link directly to any of the images on this site - please upload them to your own webspace, on the understanding that yours is also a non-commercial site.

While every effort will be made to ensure that no offensive or illegal material is posted on the forums or linked to from the links database, BoyActors administrators accept no responsibility for any content posted or linked to by its members.

PHORM PROHIBITED

The contents of this site, and communications between this site and its users, are protected by database right, copyright, confidentiality and the right not to be intercepted conferred by section 1(3) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. The use of those contents and communications by Internet Service Providers or others to profile or classify users of this site for advertising or other purposes is strictly forbidden.