Mallboy

Mallboy (2001)

March 13th, 20011h 22min

Drama
46%

Overview

A boy climbs an unsteady path to adulthood under difficult circumstances in this drama from Australia. Shaun (Kane McNay) is a teenager growing up in a run-down suburb of Melbourne. His father Sam (Brett Swain) is in prison, while his mother Jenny (Nell Feeney) is too lost in her problems with alcohol to provide much guidance for her children. Left to his own devices, Shaun commits petty theft, smokes pot, and deals drugs to his friends as they hang out at the nearby shopping mall. Shaun seems unable to reach out to anyone, not even his girlfriend (Lauren Hawker) or Darren (Brett Tucker), a social worker eager to help him. When his father is released from prison and brings his mistress to the "Welcome Home" party Jenny throws for him, Shaun comes to realize that if he is ever to resolve his problems, he will have to do it without the help of his family. Mallboy marked the feature film debut for writer/director Vincent Giarrusso.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream


Released on: 2000-10-06
Crime, Drama

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep...

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense


Released on: 1999-08-06
Mystery, Thriller, Drama

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Co...

Sliver

Sliver


Released on: 1993-05-21
Drama, Thriller

A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended und...

Changeling

Changeling


Released on: 2008-10-24
Crime, Drama, Mystery

Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a ...

Trail of Tears

Trail of Tears


Released on: 1995-10-09
TV Movie, Drama

Two single mothers, polar opposites in personality, join forces to track down their children that ha...

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Boulevard of Broken Dreams


Released on: 1988-10-13
Drama

A successful Australian writer discovers he has cancer and returns home to Melbourne to be with his ...

Wallflower

Wallflower


Released on: 2019-10-04
Drama, Thriller

A man planning to commit a mass shooting at a rave is befriended by an eccentric group of partiers a...

Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich


Released on: 2000-03-17
Drama

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a litt...

Heading South

Heading South


Released on: 2006-01-25
Drama, Romance

A story of three female tourists who visit Haiti, in order to enjoy the sexual nature of the young m...

Babel

Babel


Released on: 2006-10-26
Drama

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlockin...

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape


Released on: 1993-12-17
Romance, Drama

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are h...

As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets


Released on: 1997-12-19
Drama, Comedy, Romance

Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyon...

Innuendo

Innuendo


Released on: 2017-05-06
Drama, Thriller

Tuuli grows up in an oppressively religious and abusive family in Finland. To escape from the shadow...

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump


Released on: 1994-06-23
Comedy, Drama, Romance

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant hi...

Apple Mortgage Cake

Apple Mortgage Cake


Released on: 2014-05-16
Drama, TV Movie

The inspirational true story of a woman who decides to bake 100 apple cakes and sell them at $40 eac...

Mera Naam Joker

Mera Naam Joker


Released on: 1970-12-18
Drama, Romance, Music

Raju faces many hurdles and disappointments in matters of the heart throughout his life. But as a cl...

A Midsummer Night's Rave

A Midsummer Night's Rave


Released on: 2002-11-01
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Life begins when the sun goes down for a group of party-prone friends attending an L.A. rave. The mu...

Danika

Danika


Released on: 2006-06-10
Drama, Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Traumatized since childhood by her brother's accidental death, Danika Merrick hallucinates a bank ro...

The Woman in the Yard

The Woman in the Yard


Released on: 2025-03-27
Drama, Horror, Thriller

In the aftermath of her husband's death, widow Ramona's struggle to raise her two kids is hindered b...

Millions

Millions


Released on: 2004-04-29
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family

Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a b...