title: Foster Boy
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media awarded the film three stars out of five. Matt Fagerholm of RogerEbert.com awarded the film one and a half stars.
  
  