Thanks Del Bosque. I'm glad to hear Miramax has a release date scheduled. This is good news. They have a tendency to buy the distribution rights for foreign movies and then lock them up in their vaults and never release them. I think they do it to control competition. They're evil. (Actually, Harvey Weinstein is evil.)



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I'm Not Scared is great!  Truly worth seeing.  Just saw it on the big scrren at a local theatre.  A very believable story of a kidnapping as seen through the eyes of a 10 year old innocent.  Both the cast and the locale were beautifully photographed, and the photogropher/director obviously loved his subject.  DON'T miss it!!!

akkk!

I keep reading how good it is. I've had this movie for several months and I've still not got around to watching it...  so that's it! ..  I'm going to go offline, settle down and watch this movie NOW.

I'm not sure if Cal watched it yet, but I did, just two days ago!  It's as good as you say, and I loved both boys.  I almost jumped out of my chair one time during the movie, though. 

You know.   

Love,
Sir J

I agree that the ending could have been better.

The actor who plays Michele does indeed look a little too old for the part, but in all fairness his character was 10 years old, not 8 or 9. There is a part when he talks to the kidnapped boy and they realize that they are the same age, 10. He's also in the fifth grade, so that makes sense. But you're right that he looks more like a 12 year old.

Although that sort of stuff usually bothers me a lot, it didn't in this case because the age difference is not as outrageous as what we sometimes get (in Billy Elliot, for example).

The minor plot holes (if we can even call them that) which you mention didn't bother me at all. It seemed like the entire village was in on the kidnapping (except the kids) and since they seemed to be located in the middle of nowhere there was really no reason to leave a gard there with the kid. And although Michele mpt telling his friends or parents when he saw the foot might not be what most kids would do, it didn't seem impossible. He doesn't seem to have a very good connection with the other kids he plays with, so it doesn't surprise me that he wouldn't tell them anything. And as far as telling his parents, it seemed natural to me that he wouldn't. Even if it was a bit of a stretch, I had no problem suspending disbelief.

I gave the movie a 10 here on BoyActors, because I think it will appeal very much to this particular audience. On IMDb, I rate films on different criteria, and I will probably give it an 8 or a 9. Haven't decided yet.

I'm glad you saw it and liked it, Cal. I hope others get a chance to see it as well.

I don't know where I got the 8 or 9 age from. On our database profile it says he's 9...  so I guess the origin of that info is partially to blame for my incorrect assumption. Anyway he still looks older than ten. I think also why I was a bit distracted over the age thing is that I'd have thought anyone ten or over would have had the sense to help the boy straight away... I mean he ran off and left the poor kid for at least a day, perhaps even longer before he returned... I find that pretty shocking...  something that an eight or nine year old might be excused from doing. I also found it difficult to have much sympathy for him for that reason as well.

I still think it's a very good film and on my next viewing I may be inclined to up my rating from 8 to 9.. but maybe not... that cop out ending will surely continue to bug me.

<i>My guess is that this was how it was originally written, and then some of the producers thought it would be too depressing and decided to add the final scene where we see that the boy is going to survive and everything is going to be wonderful for everyone. I agree with you, it sucks.</i>

I would have cried my eyes out if Michele would have died. 

On the other hand, my feeling was that Michele's father certainly wasn't going to have a "wonderful" future after that scene ended.  In fact, I'd imagine the entire adult population of that village was going to be doing many years of hard time in an Italian prison.  Besides that, Michele's mother was likely to beat her husband with a wet noodle. 



Love,
Sir J