''Boys in the Trees'' is a 2016 Australian
fantasy
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drama film
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directed by Nicholas Verso.
It was screened in the Discovery section at the
2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
The plot follows two boys who reconnect over their memories and fears as they walk through the woods on Halloween night, 1997.
Critical reception
Reviews were mixed but generally favourable, with a score of 78% on
Rotten Tomatoes
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based on 15 reviews. ''The AV Club'' included it in its "The best films of 2017 that we didn't review" feature, noting that while its themes were not original, the film "grapples with the universal teenage themes of fitting in and growing apart more imaginatively—and sensitively—than most." ''
The Guardian
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s reviewer gave it 2/5, finding some moments were "memorably surreal," but writing that it suffered from its low budget and lack of script editing.
Cast
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Toby Wallace
Toby Wallace (born 6 June 1995) is a British-born Australian actor, known for his role in '' Babyteeth'' (2019), for which he won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and the AACTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role i ...
as Corey
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Gulliver McGrath as Jonah
* Mitzi Ruhlmann as Romany
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Justin Holborow as Jango
References
External links
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2016 films
2016 directorial debut films
2016 drama films
2010s fantasy drama films
2016 horror films
Australian horror drama films
Australian fantasy drama films
2010s English-language films
Films shot in Adelaide
Films set in 1997
Halloween horror films
2010s Australian films
English-language fantasy drama films
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