Movies starring Asa Butterfield

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

94 mins     Drama, War      

"The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" is only the second war movie which I have seen which approaches war through the eyes of a child, the other is "Empire of the Sun". They are vastly different movies as where as "Empire of Sun" ...

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)

109 mins     Comedy, Family, Fantasy      

Whilst the first "Nanny McPhee" movie worked I always felt it worked for a very specific target audience of young girls rather than for all the family. Thankfully that issue has been sorted when it comes to the sequel "Nanny ...

Hugo (2011)

126 mins     Adventure , Drama, Family      

"The film was received with critical acclaim, with many critics praising the visuals, acting, and direction" is a sentence which I found on Wikipedia and sums up "Hugo" quite brilliantly. Now the irony of this is that those w...

Ender's Game (2013)

114 mins     Action , Sci-Fi      

In space no one can hear you scream but I damn well bet they can hear you snore when tedium pushes you over the edge. It is what happened to me during the first hour of "Ender's Game" a movie which seems to be popular with th...

X+Y (2014)

111 mins     Drama      

X+Y (2014) Asa Butterfield stars as Nathan who is an autistic maths genius who finds himself competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad...