This film was not exactly what I expected, although to tell the truth not even I know for sure what I was expecting from it. The idea is interesting: a middle-aged man named Graham (portrayed by William Hurt) who gets interested in a boy named James and decides to adopt him. However, their relationship is very turbulent. The boy often has sudden fury attacks, which (as you can guess and understand) takes Graham to despair. Even when the boy finally begins to get along well with him, there comes a time when he suddenly changes again... although later the boy demonstrates that he's human by hugging Graham when he cries. The ending is apparently happy - they seem to end up together.
The film's got some good moments when Graham and Jamie get along fine and is also a nice attempt on this very difficult relationship. It has some gorgeous cinematography as well, thanks to the magnificent sunsets and the nature sceneries.
William Hurt's acting as Graham is good, perhaps his best performance on pair with his Professor Hobby in 'A.I.: Artificial Intelligence'. A very cute Nathan Yapp portrays well a young James (as Jimmy) and Chris Cleary Miles portrays well the disturbed James some years older.
The film's got some good moments when Graham and Jamie get along fine and is also a nice attempt on this very difficult relationship. It has some gorgeous cinematography as well, thanks to the magnificent sunsets and the nature sceneries.
William Hurt's acting as Graham is good, perhaps his best performance on pair with his Professor Hobby in 'A.I.: Artificial Intelligence'. A very cute Nathan Yapp portrays well a young James (as Jimmy) and Chris Cleary Miles portrays well the disturbed James some years older.