From the look of it, or being set in a much earlier time, you might of expected this to be better, or more accurately, more from it. Despite good acting, with Radcliffe grasping not the best of Ocker accents, and likable settings of KI, I just found the film, limited in it's story, the best parts of course, involving sexy Teresa, who least added some spark and sunshine to the bare film. Radcliffe, while finding time to fall in love and actually some fun, going sand boarding and intimate cave exploring, is one of four orphans, hoping to win guardianship from this young couple they stay with during the warm month of December. Mcquade and a particularly plump Thompson as the aging owners of this homestead, Radcliffe and co, dwell in, are top floor, particularly, Mcquade while Victoria Hill, the mother to be of one of the four, who can't conceive was the standout. Tez looking somewhat like Pippi Longstanding played a great mix of flirtatious, sexy and free spirited to a T, while Radcliffe was pretty good too. Overall I just didn't get a complete feel from it, where you guess I could say, I was humbly disappointed. The after scene with the four boys, now men, returning to this place, didn't hurt either. Periodically shot, in that capacity, it was wonderful. The film isn't.
Review of December Boys
