Foster Boy

Name: Foster Boy
Duration: 1 h 49 min

1hr 49m

1hr 49m
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Micheal Trainer is a lawyer at the center of a trial in which a for-profit foster care agency puts a known sex offender into the same foster home as his young… More Details »

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Director:

Youssef Delara

Producer:

Anne-Marie Mackay, Peter Samuelson, Andrew Sugerman

Writer:

Jay Paul Deratany

Runtime:

1hr 49m

Synopsis

Micheal Trainer is a lawyer at the center of a trial in which a for-profit foster care agency puts a known sex offender into the same foster home as his young client Jamal, with catastrophic results. Michael, successful litigator with a long career protecting corporate interests, wants nothing to do with Jamal’s case, until a Judge forces him to accept it. Initially he sees Jamal as a kid off the streets looking to grab a piece of corporate profits. But, when Jamal refuses to settle the case for any amount of money, Michael begins his representation in earnest. As their work together reveals the horrifying depth of the corrupt and abusive for-profit foster care agency, Michael is transformed from cynical skeptic to fierce warrior in the pursuit of justice.

Cast

Matthew Modine
Shane Paul McGhie
Lex Scott Davis
Julie Benz
Amy Brenneman
Greg Germann
Louis Gossett Jr.
Michael Beach
Michael Hyatt

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3.3

May 1, 2026

Watched it on MBC 2 on a random day

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perla ☁️

May 13, 2025

من الأفلام اللي تحمل رسالة إنسانية مؤثرة، حتى لو ما كان إنتاجه قوي. أكثر شيء شدّني هو العلاقة بين الشاب والمحامي، وكيف كل واحد فيهم غيّر الثاني بطريقة ما. الولد علّم المحامي إن الأحكام المسبقة ما تمثل الحقيقة، والمحامي ساعده يسترجع قوته ويختار يسعى للعدالة بدل الانتقام و…

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Feb 18, 2021

http://www.DaveOnFilm.co.uk Reviewing through a sea of tears! Dave On Film Says: I am an emotional mess right now as I write this, and I fully understand that writing a review of a film whilst under the influence of the story being told may not be the best idea, but…

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David Woollin
May 2, 2021

Jesus this movie is INTENSE. There are 100 trigger warnings here. I really wasn’t sure what I was in for in this movie but wow. Its foster system, sexual abuse, court cases, confronting your past, kidnapping...

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mrsmae54

Did this movie even exist...did doorknob and I just stare at a big, blank screen for an hour and fifty minutes...no one else on the face of the Earth seems to know about this movie...?

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Ben Krueger

Mar 2, 2021

It takes something special to break the mold of the boring, dull courtroom drama, and Foster Boy does just that. An excellent soundtrack injects a striking musicality to the proceedings. A moving performance from Shane Paul McGhie feels worthy of serious awards…

3 Likes

Josh @ The Movies
Aug 1, 2021

scheetjes

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roekroek

Aug 26, 2025

(Watched on MBC2 on a random vacation day)

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hosnhere

May 15, 2023

This courtroom drama is fairly predictable, but what makes it more thought provoking is that it's inspired by real people that have been caught the American foster care system. However the film suffers from over the top dramatisation in the second Act and and nauseating…

2 Likes

Ian Overton

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Tamia King loved

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It was so good it showed how people who work as social workers do anything for money they don't care about the kids or where they leave them and it's sad

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