The Black Balloon
Sometimes it's hard to be the odd one in.
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?
Drama
6.4
94 reviewsRuntime: 97 min.
Budget: $5,000,000
Revenue: $5,000,000
Release Date: 2008-03-08
Director(s): Elissa Down
Production: Black Balloon Productions, Icon Productions
Languages: English
IMDB: tt0865297
