The Paperboy
The Paperboy
| 16 November 1994 (USA)
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A homicidal twelve-year-old paperboy becomes obsessed with a woman and her daughter next-door, and he'll do anything to make his fantasy of the "perfect family" come alive.

Reviews
Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.
Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
TheBlueHairedLawyer Melissa is devastated when she gets word that her mom has died in her old home in a suburb. She takes her daughter Cammie on a plane away from Boston to arrange the funeral, meeting Johnny McFartley, the next-door twelve year old paperboy. At first he is sweet and helpful, Melissa believes he is just an awkward boy with a harmless crush on her... but the story is so much more horrifying than that. Johnny was played by Marc Marut (Ray from Goosebumps Welcome to Dead House). I see why the film has generally bad reviews, but it's such a fun movie to watch! My two best friends, my tulpa and I watched it one night and we laughed so much, it was great! The lines were very humorous, and the Peaches scene... oh boy, it's worth watching just for that alone. Johnny puts a pile of wet beef slices in a burlap sack, along with bottles of ketchup, and whacks the sack until the bottles break, telling an old lady that the contents of the sack is the remains of her dog, Peaches. The old lady gets scared and drops dead. Seriously, it's pretty funny, worth your time if you like cheesy horror classics.
ccthemovieman-1 Marc Marut is convincingly creepy as the young (13 or 14-year-old) paperboy who has a crush/mother fixation. The kid is eerie, especially when he gets excited and his voice squeaks. The movie is interesting and moves along pretty well yet, for this genre, it's standard fare; nothing exceptional.I might have rated it higher had it not contained yet another example of Hollywood's prejudice against Christianity. Here again we get the message that the kid was nuts because his "strict, religious" mother made him that way. That has become a standard film cliché to explain insanity. Other than that, there was little offensive material, including language.
claknoxville I don't know what the deal is about this movie. From what I remember was that it was actually a OK movie. I am a really big fan of horror movies but I kinda remember this being somewhat of a suspense or something. Not to sure I haven't seen it in like 5 years so I can really barely remember what it's about. But I do remember actually liking it so that must count for something. The only parts I can vaguely remember is the "apple pie" scene and one the psycho paper boy kills the old woman, oh and one he is like laying in the coffin and scaring the little girl half to death. So, okay, looks like I gotta see it again, because I really want to see if it is actually as bad as everyone says it is. HOPEFULLY I won't be disappointed.
Devotchka Sigh...memories of long summer days in which my sister and I did little more than watch the USA network. While doing so we tripped over this pathetic little blunder of a movie, and have since peppered our conversations with comments such as "God hates stupid children!" and "Hey Peaches, want some ribs?"Characters are as follows: Johnny McFarley, the homicidal paperboy, Melissa, the completely oblivious object of his desire, and Cammie, Melissa's brainless little girl. There is also the witchy old woman from down the street, who spends about half of her scenes cackling, "He's eeeeevil!" in reference to Johnny.In short, the movie is dumb. It's contrived. No one I've talked to has ever seen it, which is a pity because it's so humorously bad.