The Mudge Boy (2003)
9/10
Good but too quick
3 March 2005
Warning: Spoilers
The start of the movie you meet Duncan who is a very strange boy. He sticks Chickens heads in his mouth to calm them down, and it looks very strange. Duncan is someone you would think does not have many friends, and as the movie develops you realize that he doesn't. He is "friends" with a boy who is about 5 years older than he is. Ducan is strange very strange, and Perry understands that and tries to bring Duncan from the "edge". The movie culminates with Perry,who is very confused,raping Duncan, and Duncan's father walking in after Perry finishes. A couple of days after the incident Duncan goes to meet Perry late at night to talk. The watcher does not know if he wants to talk about what happened or if Duncan is truly attracted to Perry. The climb into a beat up old truck where after Perry naturally tells Duncan that they cannot be friends anymore, because what they did was Queer, and he ain't no queer. Duncan says that he hasn't told anyone, why couldn't they be friends. Perry tells him that it is queer, and then kisses him, screaming is that what you want? Duncan says no, and then kisses him a lot more tenderly than Perry did to him, and Perry lets it go, but then pushes him off him, and leaves. The next day, Duncan is at the local shop buying a soda, and he walks outside to find "chicken" which is his pet rooster. He finds out that Perry and his friends have taken it. They start to play keep away and Perry grabs it and acts like he is going to break the neck,but he gives it back to Duncan and tells him to go, show them how is mom, who is dead, taught him how to suck dick. So he "calms" the chicken, but instead of letting him out of his mouth bites his head off. Then the movie cuts to Duncan walking home and his father seeing the chicken and knowing that something is wrong. He grabs Duncan as he is crying and just hugs him and won't let go.

This movie was really good, but the story that developed was over too quickly. It leaves the viewer feeling like nothing was resolved. Duncan is still weird, and friendless, and Perry who raped him never got anything that he possibly deserved. It just kinda ended. This was the only downside of the movie. I would watch it again, definitely.
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