BEST BOY Directed by Ira Wohl
A rare transformation takes place in this remarkable documentary film about the efforts of elderly parents to prepare a middleaged, retarded son for life without them. The first views of Philly, as 52-year-old Philip is called, show a stocky, dull-faced man with an unshaven jaw, thick lips and a gap in his mouth where several front teeth are missing. His speech—grunted single words, short sentences that do little better than repeat what has just been said to him —makes it clear that his intelligence is severely limited. The...
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