Boys and Girls
2000, Romance, 1h 34m
62 Reviews 25,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Boys and Girls feels like a cheap rip-off of When Harry Met Sally. The predictable and stale story fails to engage. Read critic reviews
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Cast & Crew
Ryan Williams
Jennifer
Hunter (Steve)
Amy
Megan
Beth
Critic Reviews for Boys and Girls
All Critics (62) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (55)
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The cast is so charming and assured that it puts across most of this with a reasonable amount of conviction.
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It's a paint-by-numbers romantic comedy, but without the heart or laughs to make it work.
March 10, 2003 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review… -
This is less a movie than a casting call -- just round up a crowd of pretty young faces, fresh yet still familiar, and call it a job well done.
March 19, 2002 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review… -
The year's worst movie.
January 1, 2000 -
Approaches such niceties as construction and character motivation with a decidedly wanton shrug.
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A screenful of nonstop charm and credibility.
January 1, 2000
Audience Reviews for Boys and Girls
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Jan 17, 2019I don't know why I ended up watching this film. I knew it would be bad, but I went and watched it regardless. Now I'm sitting here with nothing positive to say, and the guilty feeling of writing a bad review. The film attempts to create a funny, but darker romantic comedy for the Prince Jnr market. The film never develops into anything of interest, and the characters don't have a great connection. The filmmakers miss a chance to create interesting characters, but they throw that to the side with developing Biggs. The best scene for Biggs is the final scene in the credits, but even that showcases the filmmakers weren't sure of the audience for the film. This could have been a better film had the filmmakers focused on cleaning up the humour and focusing on the core story. 12/01/2019.Brendan N Super Reviewer
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May 13, 2014Not bad. Predictable, but still watchable.Red L Super Reviewer
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Jun 21, 2013Robert Iscove really has a niche. He directed my most pleasing of guilty pleasures, "From Justin to Kelly," as well as the 1999 "Kiss Me" klassic, "She's All That" (which really hasn't held up). In this little-known year 2000 sophomore effort, he combines his penchants for awkward meet-cutes, attracting opposites, and meticulously choreographed impromptu dance parties, and it all goes down smoother than a chicka-cherry cola. The movie shares many familiar ingredients of its predecessor and other 90s teen classics: Freddie Prinze Jr. (this time as the Lainey Boggs-esque nebbish pantywaist, rocking the sk8terboi middle-part), Jason Biggs (as the frosted-tipped doofus), sweet-red Alyson Hannigan, and the requisite everybody-knows-what-they're-doing dance sequence, scored by none other than Fatboy Slim! Although "She's All That" is probably most remembered for that iconic scene, the one here calls for less suspension of disbelief. Jennifer knows the dance moves, and Ryan tries to keep up, more or less succeeding by the end. The club scene is more organically woven into the story than the perfect Prom breakdown. The movie also starts out exactly like the more recent "No Strings Attached" (which probably borrowed from this) - Ryan and Jennifer meet several times over ten years - but unlike the puppets on strings that are the characters of NSA, R+J (heh) do more than navigate the aftermath of casual friend-sex; they navigate a real friendship complicated by the past, present, and future. The storyline isn't groundbreaking, but in comparison to all the movies "Boys and Girls" reminds me of, it has a stronger driving conflict. Claire Forlani is way too old to play a college gal, but she is charismatic, charming, smoldering, delicately bony, breathy, and willowy and wounded as usual. She also rocks some great fashions - that weird hoodie sweater vest/cargo pants/Chucks combo AND that white backless top/wide-leg pants ensemble. Yowza.Alice S Super Reviewer
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Jan 10, 2012Awe come on everyone! This was cute. How can anything with Freddie in it be bad? Cute romantic comedy. Jason Biggs was pretty funny in this, which really added to it. Maybe not their best work, but I enjoyed it.Cynthia S Super Reviewer
Boys and Girls Quotes
| Ryan: | Look, that night was as much a surprise to me as it was to you. But being with you was like going to a place that I had never been before. And after you fell asleep I just laid there, staring up at those cheap fluorescent stars you have stuck on your ceiling, and - after a while they just started forming a pattern, this weird glow-in-the-dark pattern that linked together our entire relationship. And for the first time everything seemed clear to me - like one logical progression. It felt like you and I were the greatest plan ever made and I had nothing to do with it. Being with you made me feel that maybe I didn't have to keep planning anymore because it felt like I was actually living. And that for once in my life I wouldn't have to work so hard at being happy. That it could just happen. Nothing will ever hurt me as much as your reaction to that same experience. |
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