Foster Boy

Foster Boy is a 2019 American drama film directed by Youssef Delara and starring Shane Paul McGhie, Matthew Modine and Louis Gossett Jr. Shaquille O'Neal served as an executive producer of the film.^[5][6]

Foster Boy
Film poster
Directed by	Youssef Delara
Screenplay by	Jay Paul Deratany
Produced by	Jay Paul Deratany Anne-Marie Mackay Peter Samuelson Andrew Sugerman
Starring	Shane Paul McGhie Matthew Modine Louis Gossett Jr.
Cinematography	Ben Kufrin
Edited by	Andrew Drazek
Music by	Kathryn Bostic
Distributed by	Gravitas Ventures[1][2]
Release date	October 3, 2019 (2019-10-03) (Nashville)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$19,873[3][4]

Cast

• Shane Paul McGhie as Jamal Randolph
• Matthew Modine as Michael Trainer
• Michael Hyatt as Shaina Randolph
• Michael Beach as Bill Randolph
• Lex Scott Davis as Keisha James
• Anand Desai-Barochia as Sanjay
• Julie Benz as Pamela Dupree
• Louis Gossett Jr. as Judge George Taylor
• Evan Handler as Samuel Collins
• Dominic Burgess as Dan Cohen
• Amy Brenneman as Kim Trainer
• Jordan Belfi as Jeff
• Krystian Alexander Lyttle as Young Jamal
• Grant Harvey as Joey Poule
• Brendan Morrow as Young Joey Poule

Production

James Earl Jones was originally going to play the role played by Gossett.^[7][8]

Reception

Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media awarded the film three stars out of five.^[9] Matt Fagerholm of RogerEbert.com awarded the film one and a half stars.^[10]