The Mudge Boy
(2003)
★ 6.6 IMDb · 103 votes
Year: 2003
Runtime: 94 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Michael Burke
Cast: Эмиль Хирш, Tom Guiry, Ричард Дженкинс, Пабло Шрайбер, Zachary Knighton, Райан Доноху, Meredith Handerhan, Beckie King, Sandra Gartner, Tara Arielle O'Reilly
Plot
Chronicling the troubled existence of Duncan Mudge, a 14-year-old misfit who—while vying for the attention of his vacant father—struggles to fill the void brought on by his mother's sudden death.
The film follows the story of Duncan, a fourteen-year-old misfit farm boy trying to fill the void and alleviate the numbness left by his mother's passing. Unable to let her go quite yet, Duncan mimics his dead mother. He talks in her voice at the dinner table and wears her fur coat to bed. Edgar, Duncan's distant sixty-year-old father, doesn't understand the strange manifestations of his son's mourning. Why can't Duncan grieve like a normal person? Macho mate Perry Foley, who has it physically even harder on his dad's farm, usually comforts Duncan and defends his 'wimpiness' to their cocky ruffian mates Travis, Scotty and Brent. But although clearly attracted to gentle Duncan himself, the socially unacceptable suggestion of 'sissy' homosexuality makes Perry over-react and turn on his friend.