Should you watch The Boy?
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The Boy
Film · 2016
A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.
The sides of The Boy
- An American nanny in an English mansion
- A porcelain doll treated as a son
- A list of strict rules
The Boy is good for you if…
- you like creaking floors and a doll that seems to move.
- you like a final turn you didn't see coming.
- you want to know what really happened to the family's boy.
The Boy is bad for you if…
- you need the scares to come fast.
- you need a story where every rule makes sense.
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