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5.7
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Critic Ella Kemp
rated 8

Thornton’s cinema is one of enormous, orchestral music and vast landscapes that envelop and invite us in, even if you feel like you don’t know where you’re going or shouldn’t be allowed to look around.

Read full review at Indie Wire
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Critic Jim Vorel
rated 8

Gorgeously shot and intellectually/emotionally provoking, the film tantalizes with transcendent revelations but is simultaneously unbalanced in how it approaches its characters and minimalist storytelling.

Read full review at Paste Magazine
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Cast & Crew

Cate Blanchett
As Sister Eileen
Deborah Mailman
As Sister Mum
Wayne Blair
As George
Kenneth Radley
As Policeman
Andrew Upton
As Firefighter

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In the movie "The New Boy," a 9-year-old Aboriginal boy is taken to a remote monastery after being captured by police. Sister Eileen, a renegade nun who runs the place, claims that the priest there is still alive, although he has been dead for a year. The boy struggles at first to fit in with the other boys who live and work there, but he eventually becomes accepted after displaying mysterious supernatural powers. When a large statue of Jesus arrives at the monastery church, the boy becomes drawn to it and starts to experience stigmata. Sister Eileen sees this as a sign of his embracing Christianity and decides to baptize him. He loses his supernatural abilities as a result, but begins to live a new life wearing clothes and footwear. However, his future remains uncertain as he is torn between two different worlds - his Aboriginal heritage and his new life at the monastery."

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The New Boy was released in theaters on July 6, 2023.