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5.7 out of 10

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  1. JamesC.
    Sep 22, 2007
    2
    Harry Plodder is a better name for this dud. Yes, the scenery is great but the script is beyond lazy. Why Daniel R. would pick this film to be in is beyond me. The director uses metaphors like a sledgehammer. If I saw the black horse in the film for another second I would have guessed it was a KT Turnstall video. This film should be in the dictionary under, misfire.
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  2. StaceyM.
    Sep 16, 2007
    7
    Gentle and pleasing movie.
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  3. jimmytancredi
    Jul 24, 2011
    6
    I spent the movie with a feeling that something would happen that impact, and it did. I was surprised, especially with the furl of the story. I cried of course, with the relation of friendship that was established through the brothers during the film. Definitely I could see the lyricism and depth that the film suggests. Outside the tremendous opportunity to put Radcliffe highlighted, and the film is all of the little boy Misty, who's there at the bottom of the poster. I really enjoyed... shows the importance of friendship, being given to family when we oportunide of having it. A star for the landscape, found it was fabulous. A star for the performance of Dan, I appreciated a lot. A star for the decision at the end of Sparks. It was very meaningful. A star for the end of the movie, thought it was beautiful.… Expand
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56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critics

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  1. Positive: 11 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
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  1. Empire
    Reviewed by: William Thomas
    60
    More Sunday afternoon filler than cinema sensation, it's a perfectly pleasant drama, but you'll struggle to remember it the next day.
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  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    40
    If Daniel Radcliffe is hoping for an acting life after Harry Potter, he might want to be choosier than this cloying little Australian number.
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    67
    The filmmakers can't decide whether to trust the period innocence of the book (and play down their casting coup) or let the young man rip as a preteen-babe magnet... So December Boys splits the difference -- safely, dully.
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