The Boys Are Back is a 2009 drama film directed by Scott Hicks, produced by Greg Brenman and starring Clive Owen.

Joe Warr is a top sportswriter from England, now in Australia, living in an isolated homestead on the Fleurieu Peninsula near Adelaide, with his second wife Katy and their young son Artie (Nicholas McAnulty).

In leisure hours Joe's relationship with his son is more like a big brother — they play boisterous, possibly dangerous, games together.

Laura, who is disappointed with the way her relationship with Joe is heading, refuses point-blank to babysit, and Katy's mother can't help as it's harvest time and she needs to supervise the grape-pickers.

Harry has used his return ticket back to London and Artie is with his grandmother (Julia Blake), who is furious at Joe's irresponsibility.

[3] The film was directed by Scott Hicks, co-produced by Greg Brenman, Tim White, and Bella Wright, and stars Clive Owen.

The website's critics' consensus reads: "Great performances by Clive Owen and The Boys save this melodrama from entering into the sappy territory it might have in less competent hands.