Directed by:
Scott HicksScreenplay:
Allan CubittCinematography:
Greig FraserComposer:
Hal LindesCast:
Clive Owen, Emma Booth, Laura Fraser, George MacKay, Nicholas McAnulty, Julia Blake, Chris Haywood, Erik Thomson, Natasha Little, Nakia Pires, Emma Lung (more)VOD (1)
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The Boys Are Back is a confessional tale of fatherhood. It follows a witty, wisecracking, action-oriented sportswriter who, in the wake of his wife's death, finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood. Joe Warr throws himself into the only child-rearing philosophy he thinks has a shot at bringing joy back into their lives: "just says yes." Raising two boys - a curious six year-old and a rebel teen from a previous marriage -- in a household devoid of feminine influence, and with a lack of rules, life becomes exuberant, instinctual, reckless... and on the constant verge of disaster. The three multi-generational boys of the Warr household, father and sons alike, must each find their own way, however tenuous, to grow up. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Clive Owen
UK
Best movies:
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Sin City (2005)
Inside Man (2006)
Emma Booth
Australia
Best movies:
Tracks (2013)
The Boys Are Back (2009)
Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012) (TV movie)
Laura Fraser
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1999) (TV movie)
Left Luggage (1998)
A Knight's Tale (2001)
George MacKay
UK
Best movies:
1917 (2019)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
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Nicholas McAnulty
Australia
Best movies:
The Boys Are Back (2009)
Julia Blake
UK
Best movies:
Father (1990)
Cactus (1986)
The Dressmaker (2015)
Chris Haywood
UK
Best movies:
Shine (1996)
'Breaker' Morant (1980)
Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
Erik Thomson
UK
Best movies:
The Black Balloon (2008)
Somersault (2004)
Storm Boy (2019)
Natasha Little
UK
Best movies:
Wolf Hall (2015) (series)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Nakia Pires
Best movies:
The Boys Are Back (2009)
Emma Lung
Australia
Best movies:
The Boys Are Back (2009)
Crave (2012)
Triangle (2009)
Steven Robertson
UK
Best movies:
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Ripper Street (2012) (series)
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Nathan Page
Australia
Best movies:
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The Boys Are Back (2009)
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Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Australia
Best movies:
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'Breaker' Morant (1980)
Pitch Black (2000)
Kassandra Clementi
Australia
Best movies:
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The Boys Are Back (2009)
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Alexandra Schepisi
Best movies:
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The Boys Are Back (2009)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
Rachael Wegener
Best movies:
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The Boys Are Back (2009)
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Georgina Naidu
Best movies:
The Boys Are Back (2009)
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Rupert Simonian
UK
Best movies:
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Hidden (2011) (series)
Tommy Bastow
UK
Best movies:
The Boys Are Back (2009)
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The Possession of Emma Evans (2010)