Blackly comic surreal film where child actor Eamonn Owens plays the titular character(with support by Stephen Rea), walking the narrow line between imagination and madness. A lively, energetic, uncomfortable story, well-acted.
This review of The Butcher Boy (1998) was written by Ray D on 09 Jan 2010.
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