An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.
Director: William Brent Bell
Writer: Stacey Menear
Stars: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, James Russell | See full cast & crew »
The Boy (2016) Full Movie Reviews
This Movie 'had' the potential to be scary but...
2 February 2016 | by Lewis3265 (United States) – See all my reviews
This movie had the potential to go someplace but fell flat. I am so mad I wasted my time, and money on this film because it 'could' have been good.
I just love horror movies, I guess I am too desensitized from all the earlier horror movies of the past such as The Exorcist, The Shinning, The Ring and The Changeling. I don't think people from Hollywood can remember how to make a good scary film these days. The only good horror movies worth watch that are newer are Insidious, Sinister, and the Ring. Heck, Child's Play was a good creepy film. The doll itself was creepy in the boy but I am just speechless about the Boy. Oh what could have been.
Storyline
Greta is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family's 8-year-old is a life-sized doll that the parents care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their actual son 20 years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta's worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually alive. Written by STX Entertainment
