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Poor Boy
Two misfit brothers hatch scam after scam while living in a harsh desert landscape. Threatened by a mysterious woman, they plan an epic con to hopefully leave their dusty town behind for good.
30 May 1989, Cameron County, Texas, USA
1966, Budapest, Hungary
3 August 1984, Fairfield, Iowa, USA
14 September 1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA
5 June 1986, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
29 August 1980, Tucson, Arizona, USA
8 December 1981, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 16, 2018
there's something intoxicating about the vibe of "Poor Boy." It's a world you want to explore more, and Pucci's Romeo is a character worth falling in love with.April 25, 2016
Set somewhere in the American Southwest, this mostly frustrating collection of lunatic elements tries too hard to be weird.July 19, 2018
At the end, the movie breaks apart like crumbling kaleidoscope images, scattering plot, characters and images in head-spinning fashion.July 19, 2018
Poor Boy deserves credit for trying to find a new spin on the "dumb guys get in over their heads in the crime world" genre, but it ultimately spins out of control, trying hard to be both an art film and a crime film without finding the balance.