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Boys and Girls
Dimension Films


7.6

based on 26 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sexual content

Starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Claire Forlani, Jason Biggs, Amanda Detmer, and Heather Donahue

College students at Berkeley and longtime friends, Ryan (Prinze) and Jennifer (Forlani) learn that love sometimes finds you when you are least expecting it.

GENRE(S):	Romance
WRITTEN BY:	Andrew Lowery Andrew Miller
DIRECTED BY:	Robert Iscove
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: November 14, 2000 Video: November 14, 2000 Theatrical: June 16, 2000
RUNNING TIME:	94 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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Boston Globe Jay Carr

Plays like a college version of ''When Harry Met Sally.''

Chicago Tribune Monica Eng

Starts with such promising quirkiness that it's easy to forget for the moment that you are watching a teen comedy.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

Turns into an amusing showcase for two of Hollywood's most appealing young actors.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A likably thoughtful romantic comedy.

Mr. Showbiz Cody Clark

Oh-so-tiresomely familiar.

USA Today Andy Seiler

As the couple stand on the bluffs overlooking San Francisco Bay, you may find yourself wishing Forlani would push Prinze in.

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack

Watching this film is a little like wallowing in warm surf with soft pop music wafting in the breeze.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

It's nothing if not predictable.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

It's not that I don't like it. It's that I don't care.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

Prinze and Forlani coast on charisma alone, but even their charms can't coax magic from the prosaic dialogue and romantic clichés that clog this listless comedy.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

An adolescent romance that isn't smart enough to mirror "When Harry Met Sally" or crudely amusing enough to get close to "American Pie."

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

The material is familiar, the Berkeley locations are strictly boilerplate, and there are times when the characters seem more like high school students than college kids.

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

Stays firmly, depressingly, inside the lines.

Variety Robert Koehler

As generic as its title.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

So shallow and brainless it's in perpetual danger of drying up and blowing away.

Film.com Gemma Files

Appalling, repetitive, utterly predictable.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

The best thing that can be said about Boys and Girls is that it is studiously inoffensive.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

There are episodes of "Rugrats" with stronger sexual suspense.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

Designed to appeal to people who thought "She's All That" was too mentally demanding.

Miami Herald Charles Savage

May be among the most excruciating mainstream movies to spew forth from Hollywood in years.

Film.com Tom Keogh

It's insulting and devalues the experience of watching not just this film but all films.

Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones

A paint-by-numbers romantic comedy, but without the heart or laughs to make it work.

Village Voice Nick Rutigliano

A cat-and-dog romantic squabbler so garbled you'd need a centrifuge to sort things out.

LA Weekly Nicole Campos

Nice try, guys . . . now give me back my 97 minutes.

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

This ill-fitting movie was mail-ordered from an out-of-date catalog of teen-com stereotypes.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Calling Boys and Girls the year's worst movie makes it sound more entertaining than it actually is.

The average user rating for this movie is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Stacey A. gave it a 10:
I think this was a very good movie if you are a teenager.

Clarice L. gave it a 10:
I absolutely LOVED the movie!! and its not because of freddie prinze jr. i don't know why the critics hate it but i can't seem to stop watching it. its sassy, sweet and ultra cool!!

Latassia K. gave it a 1:
I like freddie prinze jr. a lot yet the movie made me sick... had prinze not there i would have given it a '0'..

Eileen H. gave it a 1:
Anyone who can seriously give this movie a 10 needs to see more movies that don't have Freddie Prinze Jr. in them. Quickly.

Ian R. gave it a 10:
One of the best movies I have ever seen. Dont miss it!

Bence T. gave it a 10:
I think this was a great movie, because when we see such a film we don't even realise that it can be a real problem for Boys & Girls to find their love of life even if he/she is his/her best friend. So stop to think about love, just let the lightning strike. (Like in Meet Joe Black)

Ryan M. gave it a 0:
No jokes. No acting. No originality. But a little bit of recognition for the catering.

Boys and Girls Dimension Films

Boys and Girls
Dimension Films