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67% Critic Match
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
“Meet Graham. He's not your ordinary teenager.”
6.7 / 10• 1995• 1h 39m•NR• English
ComedyCrimeDrama
Storyline
Graham Young is a teenage misfit living in suburban London in the 1960s. He hates his stepmother but loves chemistry, and the two impulses unite in a wicked plot to slowly poison her. After she dies, he's found guilty and sent to a psychiatric hospital, where an idealistic doctor thinks he can be cured.
Cast & Crew
Hugh O'Conor
Graham Young
Lead
Antony Sher
Dr. Ernest Zeigler
Ruth Sheen
Molly
Roger Lloyd Pack
Fred
Charlotte Coleman
Winnie
Paul Stacey
Dennis
John Thomson
Nathan
Jack Deam
Mick
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Benjamin Ross's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Young Poisoner's Handbook is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
