Eldest son Ward Jansen is a star reporter for a Miami newspaper and has returned home with close friend Yardley to investigate a racial murder case. Younger brother Jack Jansen has returned home after a failed stint at university as a star swimmer. To help give his life some direction, Ward gives Jack a job on their investigation as their driver. But into the mix comes the fiancée of the imprisoned convict who stirs up confusing feelings of love and lust for the young Jack. ... (Full plot summary below)
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Eldest son Ward Jansen is a star reporter for a Miami newspaper and has returned home with close friend Yardley to investigate a racial murder case. Younger brother Jack Jansen has returned home after a failed stint at university as a star swimmer. To help give his life some direction, Ward gives Jack a job on their investigation as their driver. But into the mix comes the fiancée of the imprisoned convict who stirs up confusing feelings of love and lust for the young Jack. Meanwhile, Ward and Yardley's investigation stirs up deep-rooted issues of race and acceptance which could cause serious consequences for everyone involved.
Leave your thoughts about The Paperboy.
| New York TimesA.O. ScottIt is by turns lurid, humid, florid, languid and stupid, but it is pretty much all id all the time. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyOpenly anti-Semitic, homophobic, misogynist, and racist, there's something to offend nearly everyone in this wrongheaded '60s era sexploitation misadventure. |
| honeycuttshollywood.comKirk Honeycutt'The Paperboy' is one seriously demented film but what glorious melodrama oozes from that dementia! |
| Windy City TimesRichard KnightKidman's willingness to plumb the depths for her director elevates The Paperboy into something much more thrilling than the torrid settings from which it springs. |
| CraveOnlineFred TopelThe movie is a dare to say, 'So, you like serious, edgy films. Can you handle this? And this? What about THIS?' If you are into that, then you should appreciate all the effort put into shock value. |
| TIME MagazineMary CorlissAll the actors rise or bend to the challenge, giving juicy performances and seemingly having a fine old time. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyNarratively shapeless, Daniels follow-up to Precious is part murder mystery, part interracial melodrama, part siblings tale, part coming of age, and mostly star vehicle for Zac Efron in white underwear |
| BET.comClay Cane'The Paperboy' is a film that will get the respect it deserves years later. One day, film schools will dissect the movie and marvel at the flick's wondrous deconstruction of race, gender and class. |
| Bitch MediaMonica CastilloThe Paperboy is not all bad, but it isn't all good either. I'm not quite sure what Daniels wanted his audience to walk away with. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...from the depths of this murky swamp comes yet another truly inspired performance from singer Macy Gray |
