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Boy Soldier
75%
Movie
1h 39m
AI Analysis
Boy Soldier (1987) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Boy Soldier (1987) — a movie tagged as Drama with emotional moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with some of the local agitators. The Guardian proposed that "if Spielberg's ET, in the immortal words of Pauline Kael, was a bliss out, Karl Francis' 'Boy Soldier' is a bleed… Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~99 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Boy Soldier 75% (2 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
AI verdict
Boy Soldier is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
75%
from 2 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with some of the local agitators. The Guardian proposed that "if Spielberg's ET, in the immortal words of Pauline Kael, was a bliss out, Karl Francis' 'Boy Soldier' is a bleed out for sheer fist shaking emotionalism, it would be hard to find another British film of recent years to beat it."
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1987-01-30
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- TMDB rating
- 7.5
- TMDB ID
- 475492
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Is there an official trailer for Boy Soldier?
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What is Boy Soldier about?
A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with some of the local agitators. The Guardian proposed... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Boy Soldier?
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How long is the movie Boy Soldier?
The official runtime for Boy Soldier is approximately 99 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Richard Lynch
Wil Thomas
Emer Gillespie
Deirdre
Bernard Hill
Officer
Dafydd Hywel
Sergeant Crane
- S
Simon Coady
Quinnell
- D
Dylan Davies
Joe
- J
James Donnelly
Truscott-Jones
- R
Russell Gomer
Wright
- T
Terry Jackson
Sergeant
- B
Bernard Latham
Roberts
- T
Timothy Lyn
Gary
- S
Stephen Lyons
Hotel Manager
- R
Roger Nott
Captain
Robert Pugh
RSM
- I
Ian Saynor
Captain
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