The Black Balloon
Sometimes it's hard to be the odd one in.
Actors: Toni Collette, Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Gemma Ward, Lisa Kowalski
Movie Details
- Title
- The Black Balloon
- Overview
- Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?
- Runtime
- 1 h 37 min
- Release Date
- 8 March 2008
- Actors
- Toni Collette, Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Gemma Ward, Lisa Kowalski, Nathin Butler, Rebecca Massey, Anthony Phelan
- Certification
- PG-13
- Genres
- Drama
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