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The Loneliest Boy in the World

  • 2022
  • R
  • 1h 31m
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5.1/10
1.8K
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Max Harwood, Ashley Benson, and Hero Fiennes Tiffin in The Loneliest Boy in the World (2022)
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'The Loneliest Boy in the World' is a modern fairytale - with zombies. A satire and a celebration of family values, of the imagery of horror films, of suburban life, of the American Dream an... Read all'The Loneliest Boy in the World' is a modern fairytale - with zombies. A satire and a celebration of family values, of the imagery of horror films, of suburban life, of the American Dream and of the ultimate taboo; death.'The Loneliest Boy in the World' is a modern fairytale - with zombies. A satire and a celebration of family values, of the imagery of horror films, of suburban life, of the American Dream and of the ultimate taboo; death.

  • Director
    • Martin Owen
  • Writers
    • Piers Ashworth
    • Brad Wyman
    • Emilio Estevez
  • Stars
    • Max Harwood
    • Hero Fiennes Tiffin
    • Susan Wokoma
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Martin Owen
    • Writers
      • Piers Ashworth
      • Brad Wyman
      • Emilio Estevez
    • Stars
      • Max Harwood
      • Hero Fiennes Tiffin
      • Susan Wokoma
    • 17User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Max Harwood
    Max Harwood
    • Oliver
    Hero Fiennes Tiffin
    Hero Fiennes Tiffin
    • Mitch
    Susan Wokoma
    Susan Wokoma
    • Susanne
    Evan Ross
    Evan Ross
    • Julius
    Tallulah Haddon
    • Chloe
    Hammed Animashaun
    Hammed Animashaun
    • Elliot
    Ashley Benson
    Ashley Benson
    • Margot
    Ben Miller
    Ben Miller
    • Frank
    Alex Murphy
    Alex Murphy
    • Doug
    Jacob Sartorius
    Jacob Sartorius
    • Kurt
    Zenobia Williams
    Zenobia Williams
    • Mel
    Mitchell Zhangazha
    • Mark
    Sam Coleman
    Sam Coleman
    • Don
    Nicola Roberts
    Nicola Roberts
    • Rachel
    Ben Nealon
    Ben Nealon
    • Chloe's Father
    • (as Benjamin Nealon)
    Carol Anne Watts
    • Oliver's Mother
    Mia Savelle
    • Punk
    Martin Owen
    Martin Owen
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    • Director
      • Martin Owen
    • Writers
      • Piers Ashworth
      • Brad Wyman
      • Emilio Estevez
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    User reviews17

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    10ops-52535

    well halloween...

    Is just around the corner, filled with dead and creepy skeltonized figures wherever you turn around, and its surtainly the season to be jolly if you like horror comedies like the one i review here, or the more smashier of the matter.

    This is all happening in the glorious 80's, when the music whamed you and still do, a lonely boy has to make a friendship or go to the house of insane...

    well he makes friends for sure, quite a neckrofilia love story it is, with a sharp script and a naive style of acting that may feel by far gotten by the most horristic part of the audience, but comedywise and as a decent look at the halloween traditions made in the u.s.a. It really follows the thick red line, with pinkish backgrounds and superstyled set decorations and and choice of locations is superbly done.

    My acclaim though goes to the makeup and specialeffects departments, the yokes made arent the most advanced nor costliest in the movie business but they work. The script is filled with dead earnest irony and picrasy, well hidden in the acts and words performed by a rather pictorial whacked out acting crew. Playing dead aint easy and they know the acts of stilleben, and doing the most hilarious acts to countermeassure your angsts and other frights in life...

    a well made film, perfect playtime, and wellmade and chosen score. The grumpy old man wouldve died from laughter if seen back in the eighties, but it still have that tremendous power to make me laugh (with my spouce) today too. A recommend...
    5aronharde

    Colourless despite all the colour

    The Loneliest Boy in the World is a unique story about a teenage boy who lost his mother in what he calls and accident. After being told to find friends, which is not an easy task for him, he begins to make his own by digging up corpses from recently passed people. He creates his own family of dead bodies in his house. But one day he wakes up to find them more alive than ever...

    The movie is colorful and stylish, the actors do a good job portraying their characters, however this movie is riddled with clichés and plot holes. There are several things that are not adding up and the movie feels like it is unsure what it wants to be. It plays out like a kid's movie with horror aspects but has an R-rating and I think the movie should have decided for either one of those. It could have been much darker and more horrifying with more absurd and crazy storytelling, but it chooses to be a mixture and therefore be rather forgettable. [5,1/10]
    5smoratti

    all over the place

    Is a a teen romance? Horror? Comedy? Or just a splodge of all three?

    It was set in America but filmed in england with half english actors with dodgy accents. Which added to the oddness I suppose. The acting was fine but the story was very juvenile with over the top performances. I certainly wouldnt pay to see it but if it came up streaming for free and you were a bit drunk then it might make a an OK evening. Otherwise I would avoid as there is much better stuff you could waste your time with.

    Needed to be darker and less jokey. Basically a Halloween film for 12 year olds , which is probably the target audience.
    6cahidi

    The Freakiest Story in the World

    When I watched the trailer, I thought that this is a horror comedy about post zombie apocalyptic story. But as it turns out, it's not. It's very different from my initial impression. As someone who holds the importance of principle, I have to point out that this movie doesn't have any. It didn't explain how things were the way they were in it. Like how a group of corpses suddenly got reanimated. Was it the magic of Halloween (Samhain, the Wiccan's New Year) or was it a curse? Anything would suffice. But there was no explanation of how the corpses can come back to life. It's kinda crucial, if you ask me. Cause otherwise people can start making movies without rules, like pigs can fly or kitchen utensils can move by themselves. It's pure chaos and utter non sense. I should've given this movie 4 stars for this HUGE flaw. But seeing how this is a good-feel comedy, I've decided to bump it up by 2 stars.
    6geraldleejones-20639

    Entertaining BUT very strange

    I enjoyed this movie and found the premise quite unique and very entertaining. The title character was done quite well and combined a pleasant personality with a somewhat disturbing and quirky side that was amusing.

    The entire cast did an excellent job and played it perfectly...again pleasant and yet that odd quirkiness that made them each very interesting!

    Now for the MAJOR flaw. The movies was filmed in Wales with an all British cast, but set somewhere in the United States and with a story line purporting to be a young man trying to live the American dream, so what was the point of setting it in America?

    That fact seemed pointless and detracted from the story. The thinly veiled British accents were quite apparent and to be honest, ANNOYING distracting. Everything was overtly British while pretending to be American?

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    • Trivia
      In the scene in which Oliver's "mother" Susanne phones Chloe's mother Rachel to invite Rachel's family to a Halloween party, classical piano music is heard in the background. The piece being performed during the short phone call is the fourth movement of Franz Schubert's Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960.
    • Goofs
      When Oliver is playing the piano and asks Mitch "do you know this song", it's the "King Of Wishful Thinking" by Go West which came out in 1990. The date on the camcorder in a later scene says the year is 1987.
    • Quotes

      Margot: We're just coming by to check up on your goldfish. Is he okay?

      [cut to floating dead goldfish]

      Oliver: Bruce is resting right now...

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    • Release date
      • October 20, 2022 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Парень с того света
    • Filming locations
      • Bridgend, Wales, UK
    • Production companies
      • Future Artists Entertainment
      • Great Point Media
      • Lip Sync
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $52,215
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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