Angry Boy (1950)
1950 · Short film · 31 min · dir. Alexander Hammid
- Drama
- Family
Synopsis
Alexander Hammid's sensitive narrative of how a pre-adolescent boy is helped by a psychiatrist to come to terms with his feelings.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Alexander Hammid
- Writer
- Irving Jacoby
- Cinematography
- Peter Glushanok
- Released
- 1950-02-07
- Running time
- 31 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- sponsored film
Cast & crew
Alexander Hammid Director
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · One of My Favorites · JSBejma · 2023-12-26
This film shows life in Ann Arbor, MI c. 1950. Well acted, including the kid. Grandma even has a slight Hamtramck accent. Lacks the melodramatic edge some films on this topic might exhibit. Very subtle but realistic treatment of a subtle family problem. I'd recommend they put grandma in a home somewhere. Mother needs to grow up.
★★★★★ · Probably One Of THe BEST Films on This Site · BiffKay · 2024-05-13
This film is Sociology 202. Once the fundamentals of Sociology are down, the intricesies of juvenile sociology are next. Children grow up in a social atmosphere and they react as such. They know nothing. So they evolve as they go. How they socialize depends on who they spend time with. Adults they know and trust are capable of helping them sort out their feelings and let them formulate their reactions to those numerous situations they will encounter in life - life that in this kid's case is very short. He has a long long way to go. Two-three years from now, what he did now will make no sense…
