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'The Boy': You gotta appreciate a well done cliche . . .

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Okay, doll as living entity who has a possible mean, if not evil, streak. Cliche City. Basically an English cliche that need not be done again. So, what's the difference that would make this worth seeing? Lauren Cohan, the sweetheart of The Walking Dead. Cohan is an English actress that plays a Georgia peach in the land of the walking dead. Here she plays a fresh, naive Montanan come to England to be a nanny. Hmm. Plays American in America and plays American in England. What's the difference? The English love to over-play Americans as mostly wearing cowboy hats and boots and drawling. Here Cohan chews gum and laughs inappropriately and has untamed tresses (cowboy hat?).

Having her own special reasons to run away from America, Greta flies over the pond to interview for a nanny position for a very special child: Brahms. His parents are very senior but Brahms is about eight...and he is a doll. Oh dear. At first Greta can't believe these people are carrying on about a doll not knowing how the wealthy country folk of England can be. She begins to play the roll of nanny and meets the local grocery man, Rupert Evans.

Things go well for a moment until the parents leave and she decides all these rules for a doll are crazy. (Silly American!) Things start happening and Greta seems to lose her mind then syncs up with the craziness of what's going on.

This film is for Lauren Cohan fans. The camera really crowds her faces and she comes across looking far better than "Walking Dead". She's actually pretty good and the plot has a few "new" twists added to this classic cliche.

The other star (real star) is the grand country manor house. Large, rambling, and adorned with lush wood paneling and antiques everywhere. If not in a home of that magnitude this story wouldn't be the least bit interesting. So, we have a near A-grade budget with good solid B-grade actors bringing a C-grade plot up for review in the modern age.

It worked for me but I seriously doubt it will work for many. It will lose its Lauren Cohan factor on the small screen and the intriguing detail of the manor house. What to do?

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