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  • 1999
  • G
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 1999
  • G
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 44 m

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)

Directed By: David Mamet

Written By: Terence Rattigan, David Mamet

  • 1999
  • G
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 1999
  • G
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 44 m

The Winslow Boy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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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)

Directed By: David Mamet

Written By: Terence Rattigan, David Mamet

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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93% Positive
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7% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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93% Positive
26 Reviews
7% Mixed
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100
This is the kind of movie that literate viewers pine for, laced with gracefulness and wit.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
90
This engaging film proves a total pleasure, suitable for moviegoers who like their films a bit old-fashioned but still mainstream.
By Jean Oppenheimer FULL REVIEW
88
The result is a rare treat, a revival of a period piece that doesn't descend into mere quaintness or prettiness, and that manages to capture the spirit of an earlier time without sacrificing the perspective of our own.
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
80
Mamet's handsome, stately adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play The Winslow Boy does not embellish upon its source material. Instead it skillfully pares the play down to its essentials, arriving at a faithful but tighter version of this drama.
By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW
75
Mamet illustrates that he can work as capably from someone else's script as he can from his own, and that his talent as a director is not eclipsed by his ability as a writer.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
70
This film is solidly built, faithful to its material, and utterly lacking in pretense, but its maker is still running in place.
By Jessica Winter FULL REVIEW
50
Handsomely appointed and faultlessly acted, but no more alive than a well-dressed corpse.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
7.1
75% Positive
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13% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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75% Positive
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13% Mixed
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Production Company Winslow Partners Ltd.
Release Date Apr 30, 1999
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating G
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Awards

Chlotrudis Awards
• 3 Nominations
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Ajijic International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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