I joined the Tesco DVD club about three years ago and in the interim period have watched about 208 DVD's ranging from live concerts, comedy series, boxed sets and films.
The joy of the club is that every so often I'll pick a film that in all honesty was a bit of a gamble and when it comes and I watch it, it actually proves to be an inspired choice.
"The boys are back" the film that I watched tonight, was definitely in that category. Mainly set in Australia, it concerns how a sports journalist (played by Clive Owen) copes with the death of his wife and then has to look after his 8 year old son. Add into the mix his 14 year old son (from his first marriage in England) coming to stay shortly afterwards and a mother in law who thinks that he doesn't know what he's doing and the emotional rollercoaster is at the top of the ride, ready to go.
Fairly soon after the death of his wife, we meet a Mum at school (who he thinks is his sons teacher) and frankly I thought we were revisiting Jack & Sarah. But the good thing about this film is that just as you think "ah right he's going to do this, then that and then they'll do that and then happy ending" then the story goes against the obvious route and delivers in the end a heart warming but not obvious end.
The final bonus was that the music was largely provided by Sigur Ros and was exactly what the story needed.
