

Dream Boy
The story of Nathan, a young teenager who tries to flourish in a romantic relationship with neighbour Roy. The two young men will have to face the brutal reality of the rural south of the United States in the late 1970s.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.2M
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- high school
- small town
- child abuse
- based on novel or book
- homophobia
- 1970s
- louisiana
- rape of a male
- preacher
- teenage love
- lgbt
- lgbt teen
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- Theatrical24 Oct 2008
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Dream Boy was released on 24 October 2008.
Audience reviews
2- C6/10
CinemaSerf
6/10/2024
What a shame this couldn't have stuck more to the book...! "Nathan" (Stephan Bender) is a newcomer in a rural bible-belt American school where he meets and falls for "Roy" (Max Roeg) an only slightly older boy who drives the school bus. They embark on a clandestine relationship. Slowly, however, their passion becomes subsumed in issues of trust and filled with dread and fear of being caught - leading to an horrific c…
- K5/10
kinrich30
9/8/2026
There is so much I could say, but instead I'll focus on the ending, which was brutal and violent. To be honest if I knew how it was going to end, I'm not sure I would've watched it. It was based on a book, but the book had an entirely different ending (and a much better one I believe).
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