Boy A is a 2007 British drama film directed by John Crowley, from a screenplay by Mark O'Rowe, based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Jonathan Trigell.

The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with Garfield winning a British Academy Television Award for his performance.

The film begins when Eric Wilson ((Andrew Garfield)) is released from a secure unit or prison under the name Jack Burridge.

She criticizes them and refers to them as "scum" when she witnesses Philip vandalising a park sign with a Stanley knife.

Philip ends up dead, assumed to be suicide, but Eric believes that he may have been killed by youth offenders.

The son discovers Eric's true identity from newspaper articles about him being released, his new role as the hero and information he looks up without permission on his father's computer.

After saying farewell messages in voicemails to Terry and Chris, the film concludes with Eric standing over the edge of a pier.

The website's consensus reads, "Small in scale but large in impact, Boy A's career making performances (particularly that by star Andrew Garfield) and carefully crafted characters defy judgment and aggressively provoke debate.