
Mallboy
March 13 2001 (almost 24 years ago)Rating
50
Based on
4 reviews
- Director: Vincent Giarrusso
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 22 m
- Country: Australia
- Companies: Australian Film Commission, SBS Independent, The Premium Movie Partnership, Twenty 20, Film Victoria
A boy climbs an unsteady path to adulthood under difficult circumstances in this drama from Australia. Shaun (Kane McNay) is a teenager growing up in a run-down suburb of Melbourne. His father Sam (Brett Swain) is in prison, while his mother Jenny (Nell Feeney) is too lost in her problems with alcohol to provide much guidance for her children. Left to his own devices, Shaun commits petty theft, smokes pot, and deals drugs to his friends as they hang out at the nearby shopping mall. Shaun seems unable to reach out to anyone, not even his girlfriend (Lauren Hawker) or Darren (Brett Tucker), a social worker eager to help him. When his father is released from prison and brings his mistress to the "Welcome Home" party Jenny throws for him, Shaun comes to realize that if he is ever to resolve his problems, he will have to do it without the help of his family. Mallboy marked the feature film debut for writer/director Vincent Giarrusso.
Top cast

Kane McNay

Nell Feeney

Brett Swain

Joey Kennedy

Brett Tucker

Maxie Rickard

Sarah Naumoff

Lauren Hawker

Ronald Grima

Sheryl Munks

Victoria Eagger

John Penman

Susan Godfrey

Helen Doig

Pauline Terry-Beitz

Vincent Gil

Marcia Ferguson

Andrea Swifte

Georgina Naidu

Damien Richardson