The Boy (2016)
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- Common Sense Age 14+
- Critics Consensus 30%
- HD
- CC
- SDH
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- Horror
- 1 Hour 37 Minutes
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3.9 • 280 Ratings
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The Boy is a frightening thrill ride directed by William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside) and starring Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead). Greta (Cohan) is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village. She soon discovers that the family’s 8-year-old is a life-sized doll that they care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their son 20 years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta’s worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually alive.
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The Boy is a frightening thrill ride directed by William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside) and starring Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead). Greta (Cohan) is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village. She soon discovers that the family’s 8-year-old is a life-sized doll that they care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their son 20 years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta’s worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually alive.
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- Rent $3.99
- Buy $14.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: The Boy could have gone in any number of scary or interesting directions, but instead settles for usual jump scares scattered throughout a pedestrian plot.
Unoriginal but well-made "creepy doll" horror movie.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- William Brent Bell
- Screenwriter
- Stacey Menear
Information
- Studio
- STX Entertainment
- Genre
- Horror
- Released
- Copyright
- © 2015 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Stereo, Dolby 5.1)
- Additional
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French (Subtitles), Spanish (Subtitles)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
- SDH
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) refer to subtitles in the original language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.