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Quick Info

Rating

6.0/10

Release2016

Runtime1h 38m

StatusReleased

Budget$10,000,000

Revenue$73,929,392

Production

Lakeshore Entertainment

Vertigo Entertainment

STXfilms

Movie

The Boy

2016

1h 38m

6.0

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

Synopsis

A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.

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