The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)

6.6 | Jan 20, 1995 (GB) | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 01:39

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Meet Graham. He's not your ordinary teenager.

Graham Young is a teenage misfit living in suburban London in the 1960s. He hates his stepmother but loves chemistry, and the two impulses unite in a wicked plot to slowly poison her. After she dies, he's found guilty and sent to a psychiatric hospital, where an idealistic doctor thinks he can be cured.