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Based on a memoir, 'The Boys Are Back' is a character-driven film about family relationships. The film is a unique take on a modern family that sees Joe Warr, a top flight UK sports writer, fumbling his way through fatherhood when he becomes responsible for two sons following the tragic loss of his wife.
Joe (Clive Owen) moved to Australia when he fell in love with Australian equestrian Katy (Laura Fraser). Together they enjoy an idyllic family life with their young son, Artie (Nicolas McAnulty), living in a home in a gully near the coast.
Joe is erudite, opinionated, chauvinistic, funny, self-obsessed, likes a drink and, as he sometimes remembers, is also a father. His life is suddenly turned upside down when Katy dies tragically of cancer, leaving him devastated, and with a grieving six-year-old Artie, whom he barely knows.
Uncertain of Artie’s needs, Joe fears the prospect of his ever-capable mother-in-law Barbara (Julia Blake) taking over. Joe chooses to go it alone and, throwing the rulebook out the window, devises a new philosophy: Just Say Yes.
This parenting approach leads to many humorous moments which are complicated further when Joe’s 14-year-old son from his previous marriage, Harry (George MacKay), decides to rejoin his dad in Australia. Joe’s ‘no rules’ world swiftly moves from the charm of The Lost Boys to a semi-feral hog heaven.
Events finally get out of hand when Joe gambles on leaving his sons for a weekend work commitment. In his absence, local teenagers invade the house. Joe’s newfound family is shattered and he is forced to confront his own inadequacies in his efforts to reunite the boys.
'The Boys Are Back' charts Joe’s moving and humorous journey from part time dad to full-on fatherhood; teaching him how to deal with his own grief and, for the first time, tune in to the needs of his sons Artie and Harry.
Release Date : 09 Jul 2010