Jamie Bell, who plays the title character in the new film Mister Foe, is the next Christian Bale. At least.

[A] prettily photographed but relationally science-fictional coming-of-age blather.

Bell was a decent kid actor and a terrific dancer in Billy Elliot, but he's grown into a really first-rate actor.

Has a strange kind of charm, a warm, open disposition that even in its darkest moments, we always pull for Hallam.