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The Boys Are Back

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Prime Suspect writer Allan Cubitt adapts U.K. sportswriter Simon Carr's autobiographical novel about a successful sports journalist who is suddenly saddled with the responsibility of raising two sons from different marriages, and whose unusual parenting philosophy "just say yes" brings them closer together than ever before. A quick witted rogue with a talent for covering sports, Joe Warr (Clive Owen) never took life seriously -- until the day his beloved wife died in the blink of an eye. But while Joe is...more

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And they brought you a tissue to dry your eyes.

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The Boys Excelled by rgarfield
It's easy in a movie like The Boys are Back for the writer, director or actors to go overboard with sentimentality, wringing too much emotion from the...

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Dealing with Children, Death and Your Actions by NathanielQueen
This is a hevy one with good acting by all parties. A subtle tear-jerker of a movie depicting real life possibilities when a Father has to dea with death...

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