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While not quite having the impact of its original stage version, The History Boys nevertheless is a witty and involving school drama. Read critic reviews
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An unorthodox teacher (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his colleagues (Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour) at a British grammar school try to prepare gifted young charges for the upcoming Oxford and Cambridge entrance exams. The students absorb the facts and figures thrown at them by academia, and in the process, they also learn a little about life.
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Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Lgbtq+
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Original Language: English
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Director: Nicholas Hytner
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Producer: Kevin Loader, Damian Jones, Nicholas Hytner
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Writer: Alan Bennett
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $2.7M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Fox
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Production Co: BBC, Free Range Films, DNA Films
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Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
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Entertaining and humorous yet thought-provoking film with a wonderful cast and a brilliant soundtrack. Probably as far removed from reality as I am from Mars, but I don't mind.
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No big deal, but not bad also. Richard Griffiths did a very good job. The end is quite good.
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I liked it better as The Dead Poets Society! This movie feels like an English transformation of The Dead Poets Society but at the end I do not want to stand on my desk a say, "Oh Captain, My Captain". It is not a pain or a bore to watch, but it just did not feel original.
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Though the film lacks a central, driving conflict - a problem that we eagerly wait to be resolved - and its foray into a quickly abandoned sex scandal distracts from the best parts of the film, it is nevertheless an absolute pleasure to watch. The main characters are unflaggingly committed to the pleasures of the intellectual life, and the film replaces devotion of the "saving" teacher with a meditation on the question of intellect's usefulness. Headlined by Richard Griffiths's amazing performance, the cast is quite strong. This is surely a film to "pass on."
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