Boys: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 26 reviews

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Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

40

A small, cramped film about an aimless woman in her mid-20s who becomes involved with an innocent prep school student.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)

50

Featherweight to a fault but not likely to generate hatred unless you've shelled out the full eight bucks, it will still exasperate fans who've observed Ryder's gradual escalation into a major star.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

The movie's not helped at all by Ryder, who seems uncomfortable playing femme fatale to these grimy-fingered boys, as if she doesn't believe anyone could feel this adulative about her.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Hal Hinson Washington Post (Top Critic)

It is essentially a coming-of-age movie, but the circumstances are so eccentric and the relationships so unique that Cochran seems to be reaching for something more inscrutable, more ambiguous.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

50

Boys must think audiences are not very bright.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

The actors do a nice job of investing it all with a certain conviction, and there's a fairy-tale tinge to some of the action that gives it a certain charm.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

50

Full Review » 12 years ago
Variety Staff Variety (Top Critic)

As vague and unfocused as its title.
Full Review » 1 year ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

38

Boys is a love story, or at least that's what the film makers would like us to believe. The problem is, there isn't much emotion present.
Full Review » 12 years ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

63

What begins as an edgy examination of sheltered, selfish kids making stupid choices devolves into a ludicrously mannered celebration of adolescent rebellion.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews

40

Full Review » 4 years ago
Susan Granger www.susangranger.com

40

Full Review » 6 years ago
Trevor Johnston Time Out

Writer/director Cochran is stronger on capturing the texture surrounding her characters' converging experiences than making much of it when they do get together.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

40

Full Review » 7 years ago
Clint Morris Moviehole

60

Haas and Ryder let off some serious sparks, even if the screenplay doesn't
Full Review » 7 years ago
James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette

20

Obviously reshot and recut to the point of complete incoherence
Full Review » 7 years ago
Jeanne Aufmuth Palo Alto Weekly

25

Full Review » 9 years ago
David Poland Hot Button

60

Full Review » 10 years ago
Bob Grimm Las Vegas Mercury

20

Full Review » 10 years ago
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com

40

Amazingly bland Winona Ryder vehicle.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Wade Major Boxoffice Magazine

A dreadful disappointment of epic proportions.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com

30

Twenty-five cents to the person who can explain what the point of this exercise was.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Barry Walters San Francisco Examiner

25

An extraordinarily boring date movie with a bad attitude.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Madeleine Williams Cinematter

13

Boys is a poorly written and ill conceived drama that never even tries to involve the viewer.
Full Review » 12 years ago