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  • 2020
  • ARRAY Releasing
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2020
  • ARRAY Releasing
  • 1 h 49 m

Summary Shot on location and set in Sri Lanka in the 1970’s and 80’s, Funny Boy explores the awakening of sexual identity by a young boy named Arjie. As political tensions escalate to a boiling point between the minority Tamils and the majority Sinhalese, a young boy comes of age in a society and family that doesn’t embrace difference outside of...

Directed By: Deepa Mehta

Written By: Shyam Selvadurai, Deepa Mehta

  • 2020
  • ARRAY Releasing
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2020
  • ARRAY Releasing
  • 1 h 49 m

Funny Boy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
62
User Score Overwhelming Dislike Based on 12 User Ratings
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Summary Shot on location and set in Sri Lanka in the 1970’s and 80’s, Funny Boy explores the awakening of sexual identity by a young boy named Arjie. As political tensions escalate to a boiling point between the minority Tamils and the majority Sinhalese, a young boy comes of age in a society and family that doesn’t embrace difference outside of...

Directed By: Deepa Mehta

Written By: Shyam Selvadurai, Deepa Mehta

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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91
Dec 10, 2020
Funny Boy is a luminous coming-of-age tale seen through the eyes of a relatable yet entirely unique experience.
By Jude Dry FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 3, 2020
The urge to find hope in tragedy is as inevitable as the one to recognize shapes in clouds. But Funny Boy leaves an unsettling chasm between this one slender story and the grim history it represents.
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW

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Overwhelming Dislike Based on 12 User Ratings
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Overwhelming Dislike Based on 12 User Ratings
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8% Mixed
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92% Negative
11 Ratings

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Livtrinity
Dec 13, 2020
A disappointing film. Does not live up to the novel. The controversy around this movie shed light on some very important points that Deepa Mehta overlooked and that too involves matters that cannot be overlooked. Shameful attempt.
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Kabilathiagaraj
Dec 13, 2020
I tried to find something that I like in this movie but it was near impossible. The scenes are historically inaccurate and portray the conflict wrongly. Most of the actors have no idea what they’re doing but that of course could be because they are non Tamil and clearly have no clue about the language or culture. Deepa Mehta’s newest film is a complete let down. Read the book and call in a day, instead of wasting your time.
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70
Dec 10, 2020
Director Deepa Mehta ambitiously juxtaposes a teenage love story with rising political tensions and ethnic violence in a film that is ultimately about thriving and sometimes just surviving as someone deemed “different.”
By Tracy Brown FULL REVIEW
63
Dec 16, 2020
Funny Boy is valuable in letting us see this world and this history through different eyes.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
63
Nov 27, 2020
There is so much going on in this film, much of it so rich in detail, that you wonder how better the original material might work as a television series.
By Tina Hassannia FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 10, 2020
Funny Boy falters when trying to link together the personal and political, making for a well-intentioned film that never delivers much depth.
By Roxana Hadadi FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 10, 2020
Mehta’s elaborate long takes contribute to the general sense of tumult, but the film never fully shakes the sense of stating the obvious.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
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Praveen_
Dec 13, 2020
Does not represent the Tamil nor the **** community. This movie is trying to change the narrative of our Genocide by showing nothing really happened. Please don't support or watch this movie.
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Serendipia
Dec 13, 2020
A story by and about a **** Tamil man and the anti-Tamil pogroms, without Tamils and instead the very oppressors.
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mufa
Dec 13, 2020
not an accurate depication of the civil war,butchered language and horrible acting. The also only casted 1 half Tamil in this movie ABOUT tamils..
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Maryjudymary
Dec 12, 2020
A shameful attempt at making a movie that does justice to a beautiful Tamil story. I don’t even think basic understanding of the Tamil culture, language or history was done.
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Kanvara
Dec 12, 2020
So disappointing that the director would take a a story that should celebrate the tamil culture, history and language and turned it into a disgraceful movie!!
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Production Company ARRAY Releasing, Hamilton-Mehta Productions
Release Date Dec 10, 2020
Duration 1 h 49 m
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Website http://www.arraynow.com/funny-boy
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Awards

Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 3 Wins & 8 Nominations
Leo Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards
• 1 Nomination

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