| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by James Sanford |
| ``The Butcher Boy,'' adapted by director Neil Jordan and
author Patrick McCabe from McCabe's novel of the same name, probes the
mind of young Irishman Francie Brady, a free-spirited kid whose
initially harmless mischief takes on an increasingly...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Fox Davidson |
| Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy is set in the early 1960s, Ireland. It tells
the sad tale of a repressed young lad whose childhood was anything but sane.
The lad is Francie Brady (played excellently by Eamonn Owens), and part of his
sanity that goes...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Murali Krishnan |
| The Cuban Missile Crisis is a looming threat, and so is Francie Brady. We
see from the opening scene that Francie has done something bad, and the rest
of the story is told in flashback. Francie's childhood, a mentally unstable
mother and a drunk, often...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Neil Jordan.
Cast: Eomann Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Alan Boyle, Andrew
Fullerton, Aisling O'Sullivan, Sinead O'Connor, Ian Hart, Milo O'Shea.
1998 - 111 minutes.
Rated R (for violence, gore, and profanity).
Reviewed November 15, 1998. more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Phil St-Germain |
| Réalisé par Neil Jordan
Mettant en vedette Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Alan Boyle, Aisling
O'Sullivan, Andrew Fullerton, Sinead O'Connor
Écrit par Patrick McCabe et Neil Jordan (inspirés d'un roman de McCabe)
Produit par Stephen Woolley et...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Richard Scheib |
| Ireland/USA. 1997. Director - Neil Jordan, Screenplay - Jordan & Patrick
McCabe, Based on the Novel by McCabe, Producers - Redmond Morris &
Stephen Woolley, Photography - Adrian Biddle, Music - Elliot Goldenthal,
Visual Effects - Peerless Camera Co...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Seth Bookey |
| Director Neil Jordan brings us an unrelenting view of a disturbed young
Irish lad. Really, truly unrelenting. Perhaps it's a metaphor. That must
be what it was. Yes. A depressing, long, unrelenting metaphor that made me
very happy to be brought up in a...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Nathaniel R. Atcheson |
| Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle, Aisling
O'Sullivan
Screenplay: Neil Jordan, Patrick McCabe
Producers: Redmond Morris, Stephen Woolley
Runtime: 124 min.
US Distribution: Warner Bros.
Rated R: violence,...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Ted Prigge |
| Director: Neil Jordan
Writers: Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe (based on the novel by McCabe)
Starring: Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Alan Boyle, Aisling
O'Sullivan, Andrew Fullerton, Sinéad O'Connor, Patrick McCabe, Ian Hart,
Ardal O'Hanlon,...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| THE CRYING GAME's director, Neil Jordan, is at it again with a movie
called THE BUTCHER BOY that packs some big "surprises." This time its
twists are gruesome rather than sexual, and the movie itself is a black
comedy instead of a drama. The body of...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by David N. Butterworth |
| Close your eyes for a moment, if you will, and imagine the sound of
Stephen Rea's Gaelic brogue, silky smooth and Irish like a pint of
Guinness. A lackadaisical, naughty little schoolboy voice that flirts and
gambols. An acerbic, sing-song metered...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| THE BUTCHER BOY
(Warner Bros.)
Starring: Stephen Rea, Eamonn Owens, Fiona Shaw, Alan Boyle, Aisling
O'Sullivan.
Screenplay: Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe, based on the novel by McCabe.
Producers: Redmond Morris and Stephen Woolley.
Director: Neil...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by James Berardinelli |
| Ireland/U.S., 1998
U.S. Release Date: 4/17/98 (limited)
Running Length: 1:48
MPAA Classification: R (Violence, profanity)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| No film in recent has left me with such conflicted feelings as Neil
Jordan's harrowing, humorous, horrifying adaptation of Patrick McCabe's
novel about young lad Francie Brady's (Eamonn Owens) descent into madness
in 1960s Ireland. On one hand, it was...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Ben Hoffman |
| Born and raised with two strikes against him, Francie Brady (Eamonn
Owens), with a drunk for a father, Benny (Stephen Rea), and a
mother, (Aisling O'Sullivan) slowly going mad because of that and
their abject poverty, the one thing Francie needs but is...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Ben Hoffman |
| Born and raised with two strikes against him, Francie Brady (Eamonn
Owens), with a drunk for a father, Benny (Stephen Rea), and a
mother, (Aisling O'Sullivan) slowly going mad because of that and
their abject poverty, the one thing Francie needs but is...more |
| The Butcher Boy Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Warner Bros./Geffen Films
Director: Neil Jordan
Writer: Neil Jordan, Patrick McCabe novel by Patrick
McCabe
Cast: Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle, Stephen Rea, Aisling
O'Sullivan, Fiona Shaw more |
