Movie

The Butcher Boy

79%Criticscertified61 reviews81%Audience282 reviews

7.8905average critics score, out of 1019971h 50mR

DramaComedy

Francie (Eamonn Owens) has a disastrous childhood and retreats into television and movies to escape the pain. His mother (Aisling O'Sullivan) is suicidal, and his alcoholic father (Stephen Rea) has little to do with him. Francie's tendency to project violent fantasies onto reality lands him in reform school, where he is sexually abused. Wildly looking to hold someone responsible for all the trauma visited on him, Francie targets his neighbor, Mrs. Nugent (Fiona Shaw).

Directed by:

Neil Jordan