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Moviola > Films > December Boys
December Boys (12A) 100 mins"After that summer nothing would ever be the same again." In 1960s Australia, Misty, Spark, Spit and Maps (Daniel Radcliffe) are a close-knit band of four adolescent orphans known as the December Boys because they all have the same birth month. The boys' hope of ever being adopted grows slimmer with each passing year, and it isn't until their first summer away from the orphanage, that the fading hope of finding parents becomes a real possibility - for one of them. The boys are befriended by a young couple who, unable to have their own child, decide to adopt one of the boys. The boys compete to be the most adoptable, severely testing their friendships when long gestating feelings of rejection explode to the surface. The boys' deep friendship eventually overcomes their rivalries, sealing forever the strong ties that bind them. "Radcliffe is terrific, but so are all the boys, especially Lee Cormie's Misty, through whose eyes the story is told in flashback. It's a film of sublime subtleties where emotions and desires bubble to the surface as readily as a choppy sea. Haunting and engaging, December Boys resonates on every level." Urban Cinefile "December Boys is a refreshingly
gentle treatment of familiar themes such as the inevitability of change, the
dashing of youthful illusions and mutability of family. Enhanced by an exotic
locale, the movie overcomes a well-trodden narrative path and unflinchingly
brandishes its sentimentality as it stakes out its crowd-pleasing territory."
Los Angeles Times
Last modified: 06-Mar-2009 |
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