Lost Boy (TV Movie 2015)

Lost Boy: Directed by Tara Miele. With Virginia Madsen, Mark Valley, Matthew Fahey, Sosie Bacon. When Laura Harris’s kidnapped son returns after eleven devastating years, what she thinks will be a dream come true turns out to be a family nightmare.

“This isnu0026#39;t your grandmau0026#39;s Lifetime movie. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLOST BOY is tense, suspenseful, and asks some tough questions that it leaves intentionally unanswered: an entertaining but also unsettling experience, with a strong, nuanced performance by its young male lead.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI had doubts about it at the beginning, as the movie seemed to be going down some over-familiar tropes: a mother whou0026#39;s unable to let go of her lost son, a father whou0026#39;s all too eager to let go, the siblings of the lost boy, who have grown up a bit neglected in their brotheru0026#39;s shadow, etc.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut when the lost son returns, thatu0026#39;s just the first of several twists, and before long this movie goes into some deep, interesting, and seldom-asked questions about this family and its sad situation.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI found the ending, in particular, very satisfying, and not in a u0026quot;Hollywoodu0026quot; way: it lingered with me and unsettled me for some time after the credits were done rolling.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWay to go, Lifetime, for green-lighting this challenging fare.”