Old Boys

2018

1 hr. 36 min.

Comedy

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75%

16 Reviews

Tomatometer

67%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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During the production of "Cyrano" for a school play, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher.

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paul s

This was not the most compelling or remarkable movie that I've ever seen. I liked some of the people cast in it, but the story wasn't anything remarkable. It was in fact quite silly and predictable. It was worth seeing for .99 cents, however, I don't think I'd ever bother watching it again.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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nefasto r

Not sure what happens in the second half.... did not care to know.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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julia p

A British public school becomes the setting for a Cyrano de Bergerac type drama. An amusing way to spend 90 minutes... Not sure of rating, but might be suitable to take your children / teenagers to!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Toby MacDonald

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Alex Lawther

Amberson

Jonah Hauer-King

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Pauline Etienne

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Joshua McGuire

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Ian Freer

Empire Magazine

A likable debut from Toby MacDonald, *Old Boys* adds a new lick to old tropes and delivers a mostly quirky appealing take on young love and the need to speak in your own voice.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 26, 2019

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

An opportunity to say something, anything, about public school life in Britain is gleefully squandered in this overfamiliar join-the-dots drama from the pen of Jack Whitehall's gag writer, Freddy Syborn.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 22, 2019

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

Although Old Boys finds nothing new to say in revamping a classic, it at least swerves the most obvious pitfalls of the genre to deliver a romcom that's both sweet and satisfying.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 22, 2019

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Tom Beasley

VultureHound

This heightened world gives the whole movie a bizarre tone that is initially jarring, but ultimately creates much of the film's enjoyable quirk and comedic spark.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 15, 2020

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Chris Hunneysett

Daily Mirror (UK)

all the stronger for refusing to be slavish to its source

Rated: 3/5

Jun 19, 2019

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Francesca Angelini

Sunday Times (UK)

The tropes and jokes are old, but MacDonald wrings plenty of fun out of his setting.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 25, 2019

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Synopsis

During the production of "Cyrano" for a school play, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher.

Director: Toby MacDonald
Executive Producer: Paul Ashton, Robin C. Fox, David Kosse, Sam Lavender, Natascha Wharton
Screenwriter: Luke Ponte, Freddy Syborn
Production Co: BFI Film Fund, Film4
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2019

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