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6.7With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the house of Big John, a macho former Marine who is also an unrepentant pedophile. He propositions Howie, who declines, but the two eventually develop an unlikely and dangerous friendship.
Released: 2001-09-0797 minDir: Michael CuestaDrama, CrimeBudget: $700,000Box office: $1.7M
Cast
- Paul Dano as Howie Blitzer
- Bruce Altman as Marty Blitzer
- Brian Cox as Big John Harrigan
- Billy Kay as Gary
- James Costa as Kevin Cole
- Tony Michael Donnelly as Brian
Themes
- coming of age
- long island, new york
- paedophilia
- male prostitution
- juvenile delinquent
- death of mother
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
10,616 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
73/100
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Rated
- Unrated
- Awards
- 20 wins & 18 nominations
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