Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Stef de Cloe This is a very strong movie. I just watched it for the second time. It is suspenseful, there are strong emotions, it is one of the strongest and best movies I have seen lately.This isn't just a movie, it could be reality. There are some really sick people out there...All of the actors do a very, very good job and, indeed, Ryan Phillippe is extraordinary.I also liked the two young kids a lot. They are real, they are very believable.I'm still impressed, I can't really express my emotions, but I wanted to share that this movie is really worth your time.

MBunge Maybe I'm getting old and jaded but I'm losing my patience with movies that have no point. Not ones that don't have a plot. Ones where there's no reason why this particular story is being told. I don't need a great or transcendent purpose. Just "make you laugh" or "scare you" or "look at this actor really shine in this role". That's all I need. For the life of me, though, I couldn't tell you why Little Boy Blue exists. The plot is a meandering mess. None of the dialog is at all memorable. The cast never gets a chance to do more than drive-by emoting. The direction is competent, yet unexceptional. The theme or message of the film is…hell if I know.Little Boy Blue rotates around the West family living in an expanded trailer in the Texas wasteland. Ray West (John Savage)is a Vietnam veteran with some kind of penile injury that's left him impotent and sporting a colostomy bag. Ray is a domineering father to Jimmy (Ryan Phillippe), his 19 or 20 year old son who lives in a shed a few dozen yards from the trailer and dotes on his two much younger brothers. Between the two of them is wife and mother Kate (Nastassia Kinski), who spends most of her time trying to manage Ray's explosive anger. Oh, and Ray also forces Jimmy and Kate to have sex while he watches. To the extent there's any sort of coherent narrative here, it's about Jimmy finally edging into manhood but pulling away from his girlfriend Traci (Jenny Lewis) because of his self-loathing and desire to get Kate and his brothers away from Ray, with all that bookended by a family mystery even deeper and darker than incest.It's not like anyone is doing bad work here, there's simply no point to any of it. Maybe it could have been a drama about the legacy of incest. Maybe it could have been a thriller about how a long ago crime still festers in a family's present. Maybe it could have been flat out creepy and provocative by graphically depicting the sexual relationship between a very attractive mother and her even prettier son. These filmmakers don't commit to any of that or offer any alternative rationales for this motion picture. They just screw around for a while and then pull an ending completely out of left field that doesn't seem to have any thematic connection to what came before.If this sort of "storytelling without a cause" doesn't irk you, Little Boy Blue might be somewhat entertaining. John Savage is always interesting to watch and young Phillippe shows flashes of being more than a pretty boy actor. Director Antonio Tibaldi never takes command but keeps all his plates in the air until the arbitrary conclusion. I could never get past the question "Why am I watching this again?"View this at your own risk.

vacaville95688 I am confused about the last shot of the movie. The close up of the rusted container. Did that have some meaning? I found the movie interesting and disturbing. The acting was well done. After reading many of the comments on this movie I agree there are many questions left unanswered. I assume that was the director's intent. Or as one writer said the result of questionable editing. I would recommend this movie to my friends but with a warning that it is hard to watch. I think it might actually trigger some post traumatic stress in someone who has been abused. Please respond if you have thoughts about the last shot of the movie. Thanks

AdaDee A real cinematic gem that unfortunately got little notice. Start with a total evolving original story by the writer, a director not afraid of hurting his chances with a big studio film and portrayals by John Savage & Ryan Phillippe, and this film adds up to one movie one might find hard to forget nor would one want to. "Little Boy Blue" blows the lid off of conventional story ideas and keeps one on the edge of their seats. It's unpredictable, scary, even funny at times but oh-so rewarding. It's kinda like "Blue Velvet", "The Great Santini" and that tv movie "Something About Amelia" from many years ago. I recommend it not only once as a rental but maybe two or three times because each viewing seems to show you a little something extra to put the pieces together in this suspenseful drama. I still can't believe hardly no one's heard of it in this day and age. I recommended it always to friends. Note: It has a couple of young characters but it's not for l