San Diego Film Festival 2009

Inspired by a true story, THE BOYS ARE BACK is a deeply moving, wryly confessional tale of fatherhood that intimately evokes both the fragility and wonders of family life. It follows a witty, wisecracking,action-oriented sportswriter (Academy Award nominee Clive Owen) who, in the wake of his wife's tragic death, finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood. With turbulent emotions swirling, Joe Warr throws himself into the only child-rearing philosophy he thinks has a shot at bringing joy back into their lives: "just say yes." Raising two boys - a curious six year-old and a rebel teen from a previous marriage -- in a household devoid of feminine influence, and with an unabashed lack of rules, life becomes exuberant, instinctual, reckless . . . and on the constant verge of disaster.
* 'Official Selection' - 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
* Opens in theaters nationwide November 12
* Courtesy of Miramax Films
* From director Scott Hicks (Shine, Snow Falling on Cedars & Hearts in Atlantis)