The Boys Are Back weaves the tale of sports writer Joe Warr (Clive Owen) who has lived his life as a professional while his wife Katy (Laura Fraser) has taken care of their son Artie (Nicholas McAnulty).  Katy develops cancer and dies rather quickly leaving Joe to care for Artie alone, and with no parenting skills as well.  Adding to all of this is Harry's (George MacKay) arrival, Joe's teenage son from a previous marriage.  Joe's life quickly spirals out of control as he tries to maintain globe trots with his job along with keeping his household together with the kids all the while having some assistance with his disapproving mother-in-law.  Thankfully he befriends a fellow parent named Laura (Emma Booth) who sees Joe as a potential romantic partner, but then only ends up finding his hardened exterior too hard to penetrate.

Owen does a phenomenal job as the torn up and frustrated Joe and has great chemistry with Emma Booth.  The storyline is so full of drama and intensity that the movie flows seamlessly.  The way the film portrays the dynamic to the relationship between father and son is magnificent and Owen turns the film into true beauty. 

DVD extras include the featurette "The Boys Are Back: A Photographic Journey" which runs around sixteen minutes.  This featurette is a wonderful supplement to the film and includes pictures that showcase the production of the film.  It can be viewed with either musical accompaniment or audio commentary from director Hicks.  Hicks floods the featurette with a bevy of information from creative and casting choices to location selection to his thoughts on the mood of the feature.  "A Father and Two Sons, On Set"  is a little over half a minute in length and it follows around author Simon Carr and his two sons as the group sepnds a day on the set with Hicks and the entire cast as they try and wrap their minds around the fictional work that will showcase their lives.

The Boys Are Back comes to DVD starting January 26th and it's an incredibly heart warming story that you can watch with your family and it will  bring a tear to your eyes.