2014 · crime · drama · romance
Jamesy Boy
Directed by Trevor White1h 49m2014
Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.
Our read: Jamesy Boy (2014) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded crime · drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- redemptive
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