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Butcher Boy, The (1997) Movie Reviews
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Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
Starring Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw As the comic-horror style title "The Butcher Boy" appears on the screen, "Mack the Knife" plays while the camera glides over a slow pastiche of childhood images. This beginning is...read the complete Butcher Boy, The (1997) review at Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
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SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
With The Butcher Boy, Neil Jordan,
the highly acclaimed director of the likes of Mona Lisa (1986), The
Crying Game (1992), Michael
Collins (1996) and The End of the Affair (1999), dives into tackling Patrick McCabe's celebrated novel
about...read the complete Butcher Boy, The (1997) review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
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Dustin Putman
Told through the eyes of a 12yearold Irish boy, Francis (newcomer Eomann Owens), this peculiar film follows him as we learn a little about his decidedly unstable life. His father (Stephen Rea) is an indifferent alcoholic, his mother (Fiona Shaw) is...read the complete Butcher Boy, The (1997) review at Dustin Putman
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