A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.
Hillary Van Wetter
Andres Gomez
Jan 21, 2013
Hugely disturbing. Performances and direction are quite good, IMHO, just the story is creepy and disgusting.
HaremCinema
Mar 21, 2026
Reviewer Andres Gomez is being far too kind in his description of this filth as 'hugely disturbing', 'creepy' and 'disgusting'. It is far more vulgar than that. Kind of a SPOILER coming right now! This cesspit of a movie sent me running away when Nicole Kidman bestrode Zac Efron at the beach and urinated on him. After fighting off a gaggle of other young gals that also wanted to pee on Mr. Efron...Why would anyone make such filth? I have more to say about the Paperboy but it would offend me even more to infect you with more of this steaming garbage. I would strongly suggest that you do not watch this. Matthew McConaughey what brought you to this depth? I'm very disappointed in you sir. Please make better choices.
The film had a budget of $12.5M but only grossed $1.4M, losing $11.1M at the box office.
The runtime is 107 minutes (1h 47m).
The film was directed by Lee Daniels.
The screenplay was written by Lee Daniels and Peter Dexter.
The score was composed by Mario Grigorov.
Cinematography was handled by Roberto Schaefer.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt1496422.
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805 votes
Critic avg. 6.0 (1 reviews)
Review score distribution
The Paperboy
Released
R
English
United States of America
$12,500,000
$1,353,868
