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 The Boys are Back Cinema ReviewWritten by Sav D’Souza Clive Owen tries to cope with the death of his wife in this watchable drama. After the death of his wife Joe Warr (Clive Owen) tries to cope with bringing up his young son. Warr also has another son from a previous marriage who travels to Australia from London to spend time with him. Warr’s parenting skills are somewhat unconventional and this causes some conflict with his mother in law and also to begin with his older son Harry (George MacKay). Warr character is essentially a bit of a man child and without his wife a little bit lost when it comes to the practical necessities of running a home and being in charge of looking after the young Artie (Nicholas McAnulty). It’s quite an endearing and subtle drama but it has the effect of leaving you with the feeling that it lacked a little something. It never ever reaches the heights of being moving or emotional even though it tries hard and there are moments in the film which the makers would hope would satisfy that criteria. Clive Owen as always brings his brand of reliable likeable and believability to his role and the rest of the cast support well. The lush Australian landscape of South Australia, where a lot of the film was shot, will definitely work on the tourist board level. Overall, a sweet but unchallenging film that should appeal to quite a few without being worthy of any lofty praise. |
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