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The History Boys (2006)

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Movie Info


Genre

Comedy, Drama

Release Date

November 21, 2006 (Limited)

MPAA Rating

R

Studio

Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Cast and Crew


Director

Nicholas Hytner

Producer

Nicholas Hytner, Damian Jones, Kevin Loader

Screenwriter

Alan Bennett

Starring

  • Richard Griffiths
  • Clive Merrison
  • Frances de la Tour
  • Stephen Campbell Moore
  • Sacha Dhawan
  • Samuel Anderson
  • Dominic Cooper as Dakin
  • Andrew Knott

Movie Story


"The History Boys" tells the story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master (Richard Griffiths), a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grossly out-numbered history teacher (Frances de la Tour), and a headmaster obsessed with results (Clive Merrison), the boys attempt to sift through it all to pass the daunting university admissions process. Their journey becomes as much about how education works, as it is about where education leads.

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MOVIE REVIEWS BY CRITICS

“..works nearly as well on screen as it would on stage..”
by Anne Gilbert [Filmcritic]
“..The problem The History Boys has is that it's almost too well written..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
“..somewhat limp and ordinary..”
by Stephen Snart [The Cinema Source]