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Boys Life 4: Four Play
Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    70
    The jewel in this well-rounded collection of gay-themed shorts is Alan Brown's "O Beautiful."
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    70
    Brent Sloan is the executive producer for the 87-minute Boys Life 4, each segment of which is polished, succinctly developed and well-acted. It deserves as warm a reception from audiences as its predecessors.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    70
    While previous editions have had six or seven short films, Boys Life 4: Four Play requires only four titles for its 87-minute running time, a sign of how much more substantial and ambitious work in the field has become.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    60
    Style takes precedence over content in this fourth installment of Strand Releasing's popular series of gay-themed short-film compilations.
  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    Hooking up can be as random, and as rewarding, as hitting the jackpot -- and helps makes "This Car Up" the best of a pretty good bunch.
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    20
    While Strand's gay-shorts series took a tentative step toward maturity with 2000's “Boys Life 3,” this fourth anthology represents a full-blown regression.
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