I agree with all the previous reviewers. This film is not spectacular or raw or groundbreaking, it is simply real and wonderful. In it's brief span it touches on the family dynamics of loss and love - two boys dealing in different ways with the death of their mother. A father trying to guide his sons while coping with his own loss. The surprise of first love and the devastating fear that forces you to deny it. The film is filled with magical but truthful moments, sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes both at once. A glance that goes straight to the heart. A gaze into the mirror (too true to ever be trite). A moment when a friend knows how to be a friend. "Marc and you, you make a good team . . . really good." The moment I lost it - at the end when the "family" is eating takeout on the patio and Sieg goes to the empty kitchen to make his peace and his decision. Bravo to an extraordinary cast, crew and filmmaker - and thanks.
Review of Boys
