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The boy, STX Entertainment, Lakeshore Entertainment and Huayi Brothers Pictures present ; a Lakeshore Entertainment and STX Entertainment production in association with Vertigo Entertainment ; producers, Jim Wedaa, Roy Lee, Matt Berenson ; produced by Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright ; written by Stacey Menear ; directed by William Brent Bell

Label
The boy, STX Entertainment, Lakeshore Entertainment and Huayi Brothers Pictures present ; a Lakeshore Entertainment and STX Entertainment production in association with Vertigo Entertainment ; producers, Jim Wedaa, Roy Lee, Matt Berenson ; produced by Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright ; written by Stacey Menear ; directed by William Brent Bell
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence and terror, and for some thematic material
Main title
The boy
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
STX Entertainment, Lakeshore Entertainment and Huayi Brothers Pictures present ; a Lakeshore Entertainment and STX Entertainment production in association with Vertigo Entertainment ; producers, Jim Wedaa, Roy Lee, Matt Berenson ; produced by Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright ; written by Stacey Menear ; directed by William Brent Bell
Runtime
98
Summary
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 eight-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 twenty 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
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.screenwriter