PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

CindersOJuniper Miss Darling was to a very large extent in love with the idea of a perfect son, and not the boy himself. The nickname given to him, Loverboy, is her way of defining him, but one which Paul refuses to completely accept. He is his own being, which we learn with his small rebellions and frustrations. The mother tries to define him too much, despite her wonderful and honest efforts, becoming the very villain she condemns the schoolteachers and staff.Her poisoning Loverboy and Paul is the final act of her attempts at controlling her son; she seeks to be his forever but ironically that proves impossible because of her own teachings to him. She injects strength, courage, and imagination into her son, allowing him to escape her loving but ultimately dread grasp, symbolized by his surviving of the terrible garage scene. She realizes that the world and even Paul himself will not allow him to be left with her forever, so she tries to serenely put them both asleep, as to secure her goal of being with him forever.However, this is her goal and her goal alone. Paul's gradual abandonment of her ideals, no matter how honest and great, are still hers. They are the core of the film. Butterflies, as she describes near the end of the film, must be allowed to roam freely to explore the world for themselves, not be pinned and fastened by another. Miss Darling has allowed this to a great extent, and the director has taken great care to show us that these are beautiful ambitions, which makes her insanity understandable, her character wonderful, and her evil eloquent.

postmanwhoalwaysringstwice If not for his lead role in "Footloose", Kevin Bacon might be most well-known for the actor linking game that bares his name. Even though he's headed up a cast on a number of occasions, he remains one of the most recognizable and chameleon-like character actors of his generation.His strengths for conveying characters through great subtlety and resistance have translated well behind the camera as well. He directs his real life wife, Kyra Sedgwick, in "Loverboy". In it she plays a complicated, but surprisingly elusive woman whose childhood neglect has left her hellbent on creating a different life for her own child. Unfortunately her efforts to conceive and parent are fraught with overzealousness and obsessive behavior. The internal struggle and harrowing sadness is well presented through her impressive, nuanced performance as well as Bacon's visual canvas that in many ways recreates the films of the early-seventies. This is a gentle, yet moody film that is well-conceived and emotionally daring.

aprovost-2 I am sure that Loverboy was a well-meaning film, but it seemed like a vanity production in which Mr. Bacon asked all his friends to appear in it for nothing. While Kyra is a wonderful actress and never looked better, who cared what she wanted or even understood it? This script was so maudlin and confusing that I totally lost interest after 40 minutes and fast-forwarded to the last scene, which seemed to have nothing to do with anything I had seen, suggesting they didn't even get to the story until sometime long after I had given up. Mr. Bacon is a great actor but if he's going to attempt directing he should find a better script.

emdoub First off - this movie was, technically, almost excellent. The acting was almost totally believable (the exception being young Paul, who was consistently beyond the 6-yo level in comprehension and maturity), the storytelling was wondrous, and the camera work was superb - I never kicked out of the movie to say to myself "Gee - the cameraman or editor is getting tricky here".The big PITA that struck me first was that the editor (for the DVD, anyway) was remarkably unsympathetic to my old-age hearing problems - far too often, dialog was lost in the overwhelming background music. This would have been more easily forgiven if there had been subtitles available - but there weren't.Come to think of it, on the DVD, there is no 'special feature' menu, and there's no available trailers from the menu - the trailers are, as far as the DVD menus are concerned, an integral part of the main feature. Kinda annoying.Anyway, back to the movie. A story of an obsessed mother, and how she got that way, and how obsessed she got, wonderfully told. It's not a movie I'd have willingly missed, but it's not a movie I'd want to see a second time.The story is beautifully told - but it's not a story I enjoyed, and it's not a story I want to hear again. It'd be a great cautionary tale to some parents I know - but they are, universally, people who won't listen to this story.Fine work, but I'd love to see this crew work on a more worthwhile project - this one missed the boat, where viewer enjoyment is concerned.