The New Boy currently has an average rating of 5.5 out of 10 and has been rated by 2 users on our platform.
Thornton’s cinema is one of enormous, orchestral music and vast landscapes that envelop and invite us in, even if you feel like you don’t know where you’re going or shouldn’t be allowed to look around.
Read full review at Indie Wire...only a period setting would give us the spectacle of Blanchett in the complete picturesque nun outfit, now a rarity in the modern age.
Read full review at The GuardianAn ambitious undertaking by one of Australia’s best.
Read full review at Little White LiesIt is a curious confection, with a tone that flits between a serious study of colonialism and religion, and something more fantastical or supernatural.
Read full review at EmpireGorgeously shot and intellectually/emotionally provoking, the film tantalizes with transcendent revelations but is simultaneously unbalanced in how it approaches its characters and minimalist storytelling.
Read full review at Paste MagazineDebut actor Reid proves a strong on-screen presence in the title role of writer-director Warwick Thornton's fantasy drama.
Read full review at Common Sense Media...a film less concerned with plot than with presence. It’s not perfect, but it’s unforgettable.
Read full review at Film Threat...depicts the pain and confusion of assimilation through the eyes of a young boy who can’t even describe what’s happening to him.
Read full review at Roger EbertEn magisk berättelse om kulturella övergrepp, om västvärldens och katolska kyrkans kamp mot aboriginer.
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