Synopsis
Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.
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Cast
- Jamie BellHallam Foe
- Sophia MylesKate
- Ciarán HindsJulius Foe
- Claire ForlaniVerity Foe
- Jamie SivesAlasdair
- Maurice RoëvesRaymond
- Ewen BremnerAndy
- Lucy HoltLucy
- John Paul LawlerCarl
- Ruth MilneJenny
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Most entertaining comic drama with a great turn by Jamie Bell. - 78
Austin Chronicle
Unlike any coming-of-age movie you've seen before. Equal parts sweet and perverse, this Scottish film is unpredictable in places where it might be twee, and subversively fanciful in others where it might be punishing. - 70
Variety
Tip-top performances, led by young British thesp Jamie Bell, and a deftly handled tone reflecting all the title teen's confused emotions make Hallam Foe a viewing delight. - 70
Village Voice
The whole thing's poised uneasily somewhere between urban fairy tale and actual human psychodrama, never really landing in one place or the other. - 70
The New York Times
If the extremity of Hallam's temperament tests the limits of our sympathy as well as our credulity, Mr. Bell's ability to seem by turns sweet and scary prevents us from losing interest entirely. - 67
Portland Oregonian
If you've been wondering what Billy Elliot would look like all grown up, naked or in a fetching frock, here's your chance. - 60
Empire
An intriguing rites-of-passage story with a delirious, skewed perspective and an almost palpable sexual pulse. - 60
The New Yorker
Mister Foe flirts too often with the unlikely and the foolish, yet there is something to admire in the nerve of its reckless characters, so uneasy in their skins.
