Memorergi good film but with many flaws

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

gahnsuksah Does Johnny convince us as a killer? A great idea for a movie that often does not really work through lack of credibility. Marc Marut (Johnny) is a good actor and is convincing in his anguish to please. The viewer quickly catches on to the idea that Johnny is a revenge killer - revenge on neighbours for 'denying' him affection. He lacks self knowledge in that he never sees his demands as intrusive and hardly likely to win affection. Moreover, the rage scenes are a bit hammy and Johnny changes too rapidly from manic teenage killer to avid sycophantic 'friend' and he loses the opportunity to astound us in his all-too-rapid transformations. We thereby sometimes lose our willing suspension of disbelief and find ourselves watching just a bunch of low-budget actors. The mother, Melissa, (prettily attractive Alexandra Paul) is perpetually vapid. Too many fatuous greetings and god-awful tawdry scenes of affection - like a hundred other 'family love' movies with tweedle-dumb music to harness our sympathies - mostly lost through a boring script that surely needed some enlivening before acceptance.The first murder scene occurs way too soon - we cannot identify with any of the characters and feel alarmed or sorry for anyone. Johnny's murderous disposition is also revealed way too soon without any backstory. Marc Marut is a good actor and could have done better if the director had worked a bit more on his screen personality. Some slower facial transformations? Some better convincing 'psycho' soliloquies? Credibility, and the echo of a dozen other similar recent films, makes this movie not so interesting to watch - and proves Hitchcock did it so much better 50 years ago. Pity.

pathemm Bad movies come in different flavors. Some are fun and "good" in their own way, some are just unwatchable. And among the good bad movies, some, like those of Ed Wood are inept across the board - while some are well made on a technical level, but fail miserably in other aspects. THE PAPERBOY, falls into the latter category.There is nothing wrong with the production values of the film as far as made-for-cable movies go. The cinematography and such are all fine. However, the screenplay is quite simple minded and borrows from every other psycho-in-the-home movie from THE BAD SEED to THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE. The dialog also includes a number of howler one-liners like, "Have you given Peaches his weenies?!" So the movie hasn't a chance to develop any real drama or tension.You do get a wonderful, energetic performance from Marc Marut as Johnny. I don't know if you could call his character likable, but I did find myself watching his shenanigans with interest. His character, aside from being violent, is a sad little underdog. He has no friends, poor social skills, and a douchebag golf-loving dad who leaves him to fend for himself most of the time. His character certainly garners more sympathy than the mother character he obsesses over. She is a teacher in what appears to be a school in a low-income neighborhood in Boston, so you would think she would have more sympathy for a kid with a disadvantaged background, treating him with more tact and sensitivity than she does. Not to mention that she should have thought to call a social worker LONG before she did.In all, as far as junk cable movies go, this one is well worth watching, if you like that sort of thing - like I do.

GUENOT PHILIPPE When I saw it yesterday, I quickly thought of all these movies made in the early nineties, such as HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADDLE, STEPFATHER, and especially THE GOOD SON( these two latest directed by Joseph Reuben); I would name these features "family thrillers", showing psychopath searching for "love" around them, their neighbourhood. And of course, there were many more of them. But THE GOOD SON, starring Macaulay Caulkin, is very close to this one. You can also name THE CHILDREN, more recently, but rather a horror flick than a psychological film.That's all I had to say about it. Not a bad movie.

pippa-7 i saw this movie as a child and i don't have very fond memories of it- that is, it really scared me. i'm sure if i watched it again now that i'm older i wouldn't feel so creeped out about it. i remember quite a few scenes vividly- the main character is a twisted boy who kills without regard but whom nevertheless forms a strange bond with a younger girl next door. as i recall, people start to catch on to what he's about and the ending is a real bloodbath.this movie isn't for the faint of heart, but if you like stories about psycho killers and gruesome murders, then by all means, rent this movie, the paperboy won't disappoint you.