The Boy

STX Entertainment | Release Date: January 22, 2016

7.2	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 293 Ratings

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EpicLadySpongeJan 26, 2016

I had to leave my review for this movie last because it's not a movie I would claim first for the reviewer's seat. Rather than making anything creative, we instead got the same old cliché we normally get from horror movies.

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spideyfanatic93Jan 22, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This film is one of the dumbest, if not the dumbest horror movie(s) I've ever seen. It takes an interesting, if slightly well worn premise and robs it of all possible drama and suspense. For approximately three-quarters of its run-time watching The Boy is the cinematic equivalent of watching paint dry. Moments that should be suspenseful are either dull, or worse, hilarious.

Then there's "the twist." I put it in quotes because a twist is supposed to have its roots in the story. When you re-watch the film, you should be able to sense the foreshadowing and see the breadcrumbs leading up to the reveal. The "twist" in The Boy is less of a twist and more of a non-sequitur. It makes no sense in the context of the narrative, creating a ton of plot holes, and worse, it's lazy. Throw Scooby-Doo, Clue: The Movie, and Annabelle together in a blender and you have this joke of a horror film. The only reason it's getting a 1 from me and not a 0 is that the chemistry between the two main leads is pretty nice. But it's still not a good enough reason to see this trash. Seriously, save your money.… Expand

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Lambo442Apr 6, 2016

User score of 7? Come on guys, get with the program. This was the most ridiculous piece of trash I've seen in ages. The plot so unbelievable and daft, plots threads were left dangling and unfinished and the big twist at the end wrecked whatUser score of 7? Come on guys, get with the program. This was the most ridiculous piece of trash I've seen in ages. The plot so unbelievable and daft, plots threads were left dangling and unfinished and the big twist at the end wrecked what little atmosphere had been created. I gave it a 1 because it had the hot girl from Walking Dead in it and she stopped me from switching it off but this was terrible. If you gave this film a 10 you need to take a long, hard look at what makes a film great, watch a few real horror like It Follows or the Babadook. Shame on you… Expand

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kuehnauMar 10, 2016

Not much of a movie, incredibly boring and slow moving, it was hard for me to stay awake. If I could go back, I wouldn't have even paid the ticket price, I would have just flushed my money down the potty.

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TheKavehJJan 24, 2016

The Boy is awful in every way. From start to finish, the film tries so hard to scare, but it's funnier than it is scary. The plot twist has to be one of the stupidest plot twists ever, and overall, the whole film is just a bore.

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ahmedimranApr 30, 2016

Probably one of the worst horror/thriller movie i've seen. The concept was good and thats probably it. It was 1% horror and 99% stupid. It was actually a waste of my time! Do not recommend it at all!

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Hugi09Aug 4, 2019

C quoi ça??? C une arnaque totale !!!! Un des pires films d’horreur de tout les temps ????

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badgerryan19May 19, 2017

There were some genuine scares here but it falters in a lot of areas. Lot to be desired. I had some type of enjoyment in the first half but it fell apart in the second. And that ending. UGH!

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InglouriousAndyMay 18, 2016

I really loved Lauren Cohan in this, she was engaging and pretty damn beautiful. The movie is just a joke. It's lazy and dull, and it has the dumbest plot twist maybe ever.

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lucbevibrasilApr 24, 2016

The Boy

The Boy is not as scary as it proved to be (although it works as a festival of jumps and scares in an hour and a half) and the film ends up not realizing their ideas. In addition, the film relies heavily on dreams to give scares,The Boy

The Boy is not as scary as it proved to be (although it works as a festival of jumps and scares in an hour and a half) and the film ends up not realizing their ideas. In addition, the film relies heavily on dreams to give scares, showing that the script does not have to go.… Expand

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LegitSaltFeb 21, 2019

This is a dumb and uneventful horror movie. The premise is nonsensical, and the movie is cumbersome and pointless. The acting is not great, the movie looks really bland, and the score is also cliche. There is nothing special about this movie.This is a dumb and uneventful horror movie. The premise is nonsensical, and the movie is cumbersome and pointless. The acting is not great, the movie looks really bland, and the score is also cliche. There is nothing special about this movie. In fact, it is so unspecial that I fell asleep at the 40 min mark, woke up 20 mins later and did not feel like I had missed anything. Skip this one, just watch some other doll horror movie.… Expand

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