Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget.
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
- Harm to children
- Sexual violence
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Grave, prestige, earnest and overwhelming.
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Joseph Gordon-LevittNeil McCormick
- Brady CorbetBrian Lackey
- Michelle TrachtenbergWendy Peterson
- Jeffrey LiconEric Preston
- Mary Lynn RajskubAvalyn Friesen
- Elisabeth ShueMrs. McCormick
- Lisa LongMrs. Lackey
- Bill SageCoach
- Chase EllisonNeil (Age 8)
- George WebsterBrian (Age 8)
Crew
- Gregg ArakiDirector
- Gregg ArakiScreenplay
- Scott HeimNovel
- Steve GainerDirector of Photography
- Harold BuddOriginal Music Composer
- Robin GuthrieOriginal Music Composer
- Gregg ArakiEditor
- Gregg ArakiProducer
- Jeffrey Kusama-HinteProducer
- Mary Jane SkalskiProducer
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Leaving Neverland 201974% alikeTelevision · Both grave, earnest, overwhelming.
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