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Boys and Girls
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29 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 26
  3. Negative: 14 out of 26
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  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    75
    Plays like a college version of ''When Harry Met Sally.''
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  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Monica Eng
    63
    Starts with such promising quirkiness that it's easy to forget for the moment that you are watching a teen comedy.
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  3. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Chris Kaltenbach
    63
    Turns into an amusing showcase for two of Hollywood's most appealing young actors.
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  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    60
    A likably thoughtful romantic comedy.
  5. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Cody Clark
    59
    Oh-so-tiresomely familiar.
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  6. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    It's not that I don't like it. It's that I don't care.
  7. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    50
    It's nothing if not predictable.
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  8. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    50
    Watching this film is a little like wallowing in warm surf with soft pop music wafting in the breeze.
  9. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Andy Seiler
    50
    As the couple stand on the bluffs overlooking San Francisco Bay, you may find yourself wishing Forlani would push Prinze in.
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  10. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    42
    Prinze and Forlani coast on charisma alone, but even their charms can't coax magic from the prosaic dialogue and romantic clichés that clog this listless comedy.
  11. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    40
    An adolescent romance that isn't smart enough to mirror "When Harry Met Sally" or crudely amusing enough to get close to "American Pie."
  12. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    40
    The material is familiar, the Berkeley locations are strictly boilerplate, and there are times when the characters seem more like high school students than college kids.
  13. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    Stays firmly, depressingly, inside the lines.
  14. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    30
    So shallow and brainless it's in perpetual danger of drying up and blowing away.
  15. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Gemma Files
    30
    Appalling, repetitive, utterly predictable.
  16. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    30
    The best thing that can be said about Boys and Girls is that it is studiously inoffensive.
  17. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    30
    As generic as its title.
  18. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Charles Savage
    25
    May be among the most excruciating mainstream movies to spew forth from Hollywood in years.
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  19. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    25
    There are episodes of "Rugrats" with stronger sexual suspense.
  20. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    25
    Designed to appeal to people who thought "She's All That" was too mentally demanding.
  21. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Kimberley Jones
    20
    A paint-by-numbers romantic comedy, but without the heart or laughs to make it work.
  22. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Nicole Campos
    20
    Nice try, guys . . . now give me back my 97 minutes.
  23. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Rutigliano
    20
    A cat-and-dog romantic squabbler so garbled you'd need a centrifuge to sort things out.
  24. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Tom Keogh
    20
    It's insulting and devalues the experience of watching not just this film but all films.
  25. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    0
    Calling Boys and Girls the year's worst movie makes it sound more entertaining than it actually is.
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  26. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    0
    This ill-fitting movie was mail-ordered from an out-of-date catalog of teen-com stereotypes.
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