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79 out of 100

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8.7 out of 10

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  • Starring: Jeremy Northam, Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon
  • Summary: Set in 1910, The Winslow Boy is based on a real-life story of a young cadet who is accused of stealing a five-shilling postal note. As his case proceeds, it challenges many long accepted legal notions and sets off a national frenzy, exacting a heavy price on the family that takes on his defense. (Sony Pictures Classics)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    This is the kind of movie that literate viewers pine for, laced with gracefulness and wit.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Staff (not credited)
    91
    This genteel period piece invites a typically Mametian tension between its characters' stylized manners and their underlying motivations.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Allen White
    60
    Mamet loves to cast his current wives in lead roles -- Whatever you may feel about Mamet's writing, he has an uncanny knack for marrying mediocre actresses.

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