- HD 1080
- Runtime: 110m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Ireland
- Director: Neil Jordan
- Stars: Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle, Fiona Shaw, Stephen Rea, Ian Hart
- keywords: friendship, suicide, based on novel or book, pig, boarding school, angel, difficult childhood, dark comedy, insane asylum, alcoholism, murder
- Production_studio: Geffen Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Slogan: This little piggy laughed all the way home!
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The The Butcher Boy is featured in the top rankings of 1998
- #38 in Top Comedy Movies of 1998
- #75 in Top Drama Movies of 1998
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
