Review of The Butcher Boy (1998) by Lisa Alspector for Chicago Reader — 11 Mar 2008
Director Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe adapted McCabe's novel for this bland 1998 shocker that fails miserably as satire, character study, and anything else it might have aspired to.
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This review of The Butcher Boy (1998) was written by Lisa Alspector and published by Chicago Reader on 11 Mar 2008.
The Butcher Boy has generally received positive reviews.
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