- Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Release Date: Nov 21, 2006
- Starring: Clive Merrison, Frances De La Tour, Richard Griffiths
- Summary: The History Boys tells the story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. (Fox Searchlight)
- Director: Nicholas Hytner
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 29 out of 32
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Mixed: 3 out of 32
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Negative: 0 out of 32
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100In The History Boys, as in all of Bennett's work, irony is what the characters live and breathe - and I mean irony in its truest sense, of using language to present opposite and often sly alternatives to accepted wisdom.
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91If the literacy of The History Boys is deemed uncinematic, then give me uncinema anytime.
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60Audiences coming cold to this largely faithful adaptation of Alan Bennett's clever but contrived classroom comedy won't be so wowed, given picture's irrevocably stagy feel. Nicholas Hytner's flat-footed direction doesn't help, nor do picture's younger cast members' over-rehearsed performances, although the seasoned thesps shine.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 27
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Mixed: 3 out of 27
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Negative: 8 out of 27
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