{"id":3477,"date":"2016-06-21T16:55:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T20:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:20:18","slug":"the-paperboy-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3477","title":{"rendered":"The Paperboy-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Paperboy-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Lee Daniels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Matthew McConaughey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #427<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70242546.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3478\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70242546-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70242546\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70242546-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70242546.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 21, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Paperboy (2012) is an exceptional film by acclaimed director Lee Daniels (Precious-2008, The Butler-2010), who has become one of my favorite directors in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>His latest film is raw and violent, with elements of black comedy, and arguably features Nicole Kidman and John Cusack at their best.<\/p>\n<p>They both play troubled, insecure characters who have major issues.<\/p>\n<p>Set in the Deep South during the 1960s, it has film noir leanings. The film is tough to classify, but the drama covers it well.<\/p>\n<p>Racism, homosexuality, and deceit are subject matters covered in this complex yet fascinating experience.<\/p>\n<p>Gritty and disturbing at times, The Paperboy (2012) is an important film that fans of true artistic cinema must see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Paperboy-2012 Director Lee Daniels Starring Matthew McConaughey Scott&#8217;s Review #427 Reviewed June 21, 2016 Grade: A- The Paperboy (2012) is an exceptional film by acclaimed director Lee Daniels (Precious-2008, The Butler-2010), who has become one of my favorite directors in recent years. His latest film is raw and violent, with elements of black comedy, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3477\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Paperboy-2012<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,225,192,204],"tags":[4144,1278,2834,3561,2128,1824,1728,2588],"class_list":["post-3477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-films","category-crime-dramas","category-dramas","category-thrillers","tag-david-oyelowo","tag-john-cusack","tag-lee-daniels","tag-macy-gray","tag-matthew-mcconaughey","tag-nicole-kidman","tag-scott-glenn","tag-zac-efron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3477"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24396,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3477\/revisions\/24396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}