The Boys Are Back

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• Year: 2009
• Running time: 104 Minutes

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Inspired by a true story, The Boys Are Back is a deeply moving, wryly confessional tale of fatherhood, that intimately evokes both the fragility and wonders of family life. It follows a witty, wisecracking, action-oriented sportswriter (Academy Award® nominee and Golden Globe® winner Clive Owen) who, in the wake of his wife's tragic death, finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood.

With turbulent emotions swirling just below the surface, he throws himself into the only child-rearing philosophy he thinks has a shot at bringing joy back into their lives: "just say yes." Raising two boys – a curious six year-old (Nicholas Mcanulty) and a rebel teen (George Mackay) from a previous marriage – in a household devoid of feminine influence, and with an unabashed lack of rules, life becomes exuberant, instinctual, reckless…and on the constant verge of disaster.

Their story is not just about the transforming power of a family crisis, but the unavoidable grace of everyday life and love that gets them through.

Special thanks to Miramax Films.