A Scam Backfires on a Corrupt Cop "Shoujyo: An Adolescent"

A Scam Backfires on a Corrupt Cop
"Shoujyo: An Adolescent" seems to be several movies at once: a hard-boiled detective story, a "Lolita"-style intergenerational romance and a family psychodrama complete with pat Freudian flashbacks.
DANA STEVENS

Tweens in Love, With Adult Complications
This small-scale, perfectly acted family film listens in on all the doubts and desires of an 11-year-old as he confronts new feelings about a girl he has known practically all his life.
NED MARTEL

Movie Review - Proposition, The (2005) - eFilmCritic
By: Cast: 1 review, 4 ratings John Hillcoat Nick Cave Tom Budge Guy from this movie at AllPosters.com SCREENED AT THE 2005 TORONTO FILM

Inching Toward Adulthood With a Cheetah for a Friend
This soulful, piercingly beautiful story about a boy and his cheetah marks the welcome return to the screen of the director Carroll Ballard.
MANOHLA DARGIS