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- 2002
- Not Rated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 31 m
- 2002
- Not Rated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 31 m
Summary An Irish film based on the memoirs of noted author and raconteur Brendan Behan. (Strand Releasing)
Directed By: Peter Sheridan
Written By: Brendan Behan, Nye Heron, Peter Sheridan
- 2002
- Not Rated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 31 m
- 2002
- Not Rated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 31 m
Borstal Boy
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Summary An Irish film based on the memoirs of noted author and raconteur Brendan Behan. (Strand Releasing)
Directed By: Peter Sheridan
Written By: Brendan Behan, Nye Heron, Peter Sheridan
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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29% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
52% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
19% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
47
29% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
52% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
19% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
But if the film flirts with being sentimental, it never completely gives in: The inherent strength of the material as well as the integrity of the filmmakers gives this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth.
Forces a self-examination that is both traumantic and revealing.
A quaint, romanticized rendering.
Given the serious subject matter, this adaptation of Irish writer Brendan Behan's autobiographical novel is surprisingly light and exceedingly good-natured.
It's really a crock: a coming-of-age boys' prison film that has only a fanciful link with Behan's life. The film is a bastard grandchild of Tony Richardson's 1962 "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner."
Somewhere along the way, Borstal Boy became fatally compromised.
Sheridan seems terrified of the book's irreverent energy, and scotches most of its élan, humor, bile, and irony. What's left wouldn't have substantiated a memoir of any reputation, much less a movie.
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Production Company
Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board,
British Screen Productions,
British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB),
Dakota Films,
Full Schilling Investments,
Hell's Kitchen Films,
Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Release Date Mar 1, 2002
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline In 1942, acclaimed Irish poet Brendan Behan was sent to a reform school. What he learned was that love knows no prison.
Awards
Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Irish Film and Television Awards
• 1 Nomination
Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
