Title: Black Comedy Chronicles a Boy's Descent into Psychosis
Product review: I had no idea what I was getting into when I watched this. Heartbreaking, darkly comic, but undeniably realistic, this film shows a fairly resourceful preteen boy's coping skills cruelly overcome by his family's misery and his best friend's abandonment. Francie's desperate fantasies that his friend Joe still cares about him, and his quickly-masked moments of devastation when those fantasies are crushed, are beautifully acted by young Eamonn Owens (and beautifully directed by Neil Jordan). Although the climax is shocking, the plot points leading up to it require no suspension of disbelief. The humor that pervades both the narration and the young Francie character makes you chuckle even as your heart aches. A unique and brilliantly-done film.
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