The Young Poisoner's Handbook 1995
“Meet Graham. He's not your ordinary teenager.”
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 99 minutes
- Director
- Benjamin Ross
- Networks
- Eurimages, British Screen Productions, Kinowelt Filmproduktion
- Where to Stream
- Amazon Prime Video, Night Flight Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
What is The Young Poisoner's Handbook?
Topic: Film "The Young Poisoner's Handbook" (1995). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1995
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 99 minutes
- Release date
- Jan 20, 1995
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- France, Germany, United Kingdom
- Studios
- Eurimages, British Screen Productions, Kinowelt Filmproduktion
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Updated
At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 6.7/10 from 56 votes
- Episode runtime
- ~99 minutes
- Status
- Released
- Networks
- Eurimages, British Screen Productions, Kinowelt Filmproduktion
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Topic: Film "The Young Poisoner's Handbook" (1995).
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
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Title: The Young Poisoner's Handbook.
Year: 1995.
US Release Date: 01/20/1995.
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama (specifically black comedy-drama).
Director: Benjamin Ross.
Cast: Hugh O'Conor, Antony Sher, Tobias Arnold, Ruth Sheen.
Runtime: 1h 39m.
Subject: Based on the life of Graham Young, also known as "The Teacup Murderer". It is based on a true story.
Plot: Graham Young is a teenage misfit in suburban London in the 1960s. He hates his stepmother and loves chemistry. He plots to slowly poison her. After her death, he is found guilty and sent to a psychiatric hospital. An idealistic doctor believes he can be cured.
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The Young Poisoner's
Should you watch it?
“A teenage misfit in 1960s London uses his love of chemistry to plot a wicked poisoning.”
- Based on the true story of Graham Young
- Combines comedy, crime, and drama genres
- Features a highly intelligent but amoral protagonist
- The film's subject matter involves a wicked plot to slowly poison a family member
Watch it if you are interested in black comedies based on true stories of intelligent criminals.
This film is a black comedy-drama with an R rating.
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The film holds an 87% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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The film has a runtime of approximately 1 hour and 39 minutes to 1 hour and 46 minutes.
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This is a feature film released in 1995.
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