Review of Spud (2010) by Maggie O — 01 Sep 2014

This movie. instantly funny; and a classic. shows a 15 year old boy named John Milton aka Spud (portrayed by Troye Sivan) embarking on his first year at boarding school in South Africa. Almost every aspect of the movie seemed perfect and it sent a mix emotions; happy and sad.

This film in particular I was impressed with because it kept quite strongly to the novel, which some films find struggle in doing. What also made this movie strong was the acting from both Troye and John.

Troye brought the type of inoccence to the roll, the description did in the book, and John gave a razor sharp performance. To sum up in four words; Spud, Troye, John, Bravo.