The Boys Are Back In Town
Starring Clive Owen
"...But as you would expect from this former Independent columnist, he writes about it splendidly. He is sharp, immediate, stylish. He's open to astonishment, and narrates a son's birth with delight and fury.
He took his two kids back to Oxford. (He skips hemispheres quite a bit.) Here, the discoveries and aphorisms continue. After benign neglect, money is the most under-estimated therapy.
Alexander and Hugo grow, into adolescence in the latter's case. This - gosh - brings a whole new set of hassles. Carr never quite reconciles himself to No 1 Son's video games where you shoot people's heads off and play soccer with the result.
He worries occasionally about the maternal influence his boys won't experience. About what to do when your 5-year-old wants a bath with Daddy. About ethics: are the Ten Commandments still obligatory study for kids?
He comes to a fuzzy, happy ending. By then, you will be in no doubt that he loves his sons and he's done all right by them. That's a pretty satisfactory way to finish up."
12/27/07 - Live Journal - Live Life 2 the Max -- The Boys Are Back In Town - Thanks, Steph
Variety: Capitol picks up 'Boys'
Hicks pic stars Owen- By ADAM DAWTREY
CANNES — Capitol Films is selling worldwide rights to "The Boys Are Back in Town," an Australian movie directed by Scott Hicks and starring Clive Owen.
Pic is a co-production between Tiger Aspect Pictures and Southern Light Films, with backing from BBC Films and Film Finance Corp. of Australia. It's adapted by Allan Cubitt from Simon Carr's memoir of losing his wife to cancer and becoming the single parent of two boys.
Shooting is set to start in January.