6.8/10
Clive Owen , Nicholas McAnulty , George MacKay , Julia Blake , Laura Fraser , Chris Haywood , Lewis Fitz-Gerald , Emma Booth , Natasha Little , Erik Thomson
English , German , English [Original]
German , English , Swedish , Danish , Finnish , Norwegian
Drama
2009
1h43m
Suitable for 12 years and over
The Boys Are Back is a confessional tale of fatherhood. It follows a witty, wisecracking, action-oriented sportswriter who, in the wake of his wife's death, finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood. Joe Warr throws himself into the only child-rearing philosophy he thinks has a shot at bringing joy back into their lives: 'just says yes.' Raising two boys - a curious six year-old and a rebel teen from a previous marriage -- in a household devoid of feminine influence, and with a lack of rules, life becomes exuberant, instinctual, reckless... and on the constant verge of disaster. The three multi-generational boys of the Warr household, father and sons alike, must each find their own way, however tenuous, to grow up.