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Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys (2002)  This movie's title coincided with the Clergy sex scandal that rocked those Catholics to the bone.  When I first heard of this film I thought it was some documentary about the whole mess, but actually it is a story of some boys dealing with  coming in age in a strict environment with their creativity.

Kieran Culkin, whose brother was the Home alone kid, plays a tragic and disturbed young man whose appetite for chaos and sensitivity to beauty will eventually get the better of him.  Emile Hirsch plays his friend who embodies all his friends as super heroes versus super villains.  The villain being Jodie Foster as the nun who the boys have choosen for a symbol of order and authority. 

Mirroring the live action are several animated features that presumably show what is going on in the head of Francis, Emile Hirsch.  These scenes translate the story of the movie into comic book action where the boys are the heroes and the nun is the enemy.  Todd McFarlane was tapped to create the animation and did an excellent job.  The animation strengthens and makes the movie stand out in the bloated genre of comming of age films.