Boys in the Trees
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Directed byNicholas Verso
Written byNicholas Verso
Produced byJohn Molloy
StarringToby Wallace
Gulliver McGrath
CinematographyMarden Dean
Edited byNicholas Verso
Music byDarrin Verhagen
Shinjuku Thief
Release dates
  • 9 September 2016 (2016-09-09) (Venice)
  • 20 October 2016 (2016-10-20) (Australia)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Boys in the Trees is a 2016 Australian fantasy drama film directed by Nicholas Verso.[1] It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] The plot follows two boys who reconnect over their memories and fears as they walk through the woods on Halloween night, 1997.

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Critical reception

Reviews were mixed but generally favourable, with a score of 78% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 15 reviews.[3] The AV Club included it in its "The best films of 2017 that we didn't review" feature, noting that while its themes were not original, the film "grapples with the universal teenage themes of fitting in and growing apart more imaginatively—and sensitively—than most."[4] The Guardian's reviewer gave it 2/5, finding some moments were "memorably surreal," but writing that it suffered from its low budget and lack of script editing.[5]

References

  1. ^ "TIFF's Discovery section to feature Boys in the Trees, Joe Cinque's Consolation". if.com.au. 5 September 2016. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Boys in the Trees". TIFF. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Boys in the Trees (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. ^ "The best films of 2017 that we didn't review". AV Club. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. ^ Buckmaster, Luke (19 October 2016). "Boys in the Trees review". The Guardian.

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