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Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80We Got This CoveredDavid JamesWe Got This CoveredDavid JamesiBoy is a fully charged superhero tale that soon overcomes its admittedly ludicrous premise.
- 60Time Out LondonTime Out LondoniBoy’ is a sparky film, embedded in London’s cheek-by-jowl world of wealth and poverty. It’s also a dark teen drama, peppered with brutal beatings, gang rape, drugs and dead bodies.
- The film’s secret superhero is Maisie Williams as Lucy.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawFor me the superpower idea can only work with humour and lightness of touch: and there is a persistent and disconcerting joylessness about this.