This Boys Life

  • 12 (GERMANY)
  • 1993


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$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 10
Negative reviews 1
Average Rating 3.8/5
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2.5
This Boys Life is a very violent story; the abuse is both psychic and physical and always present or, ar least, imminent, which gives the movie a high .. Austin Chronicle
4.4
The expression has a peculiar unpleasantness, and yet in a way it is funny. Rogerebert
4.0
Although some will be dismayed by this films harrowing portrait of abuse, most would do well to take to heart the dramas more salutary message. Spirituality And Practice
3.0
Like the book, the film aims more for identification with Wolffs plight than for detailed psychological analysis; the leads work overtime to make thei .. Chicago Reader
3.5
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2.5
What makes this gothic hugger mugger so bogus is that its Herskovitzs transparent attempt to turn DeVitos flawed, shlumpy John into a heroic savior.Fa .. Ew
3.0
A young DiCaprio steals the show in this tale of learning how to be a man, with a sly De Niro also giving a good performance, but with a plot that dra .. Empire
4.0
Our interest in a memoir, especially a good one like Tobias Wolffs This Boys Life, is voice activated.Its not so much the tale as the teller, the tone .. Time
2.5
This Boys Life, based on Tobias Wolffs 1989 autobiography, has its moments.But it never attains full dimension. Washington Post
5.0
Like the more accessible Stand by Me, it is an affecting teen melodrama haunted by twisted treehouse memories. Washington Post
3.8
Every boy who has grown up in America will surely recognize parts of himself, both good and bad, in Tobias. ReelViews
2.5
The result is a few effective moments but overall disappointment. Deseret News
2.0
As with the rest of the movie, the introduction is both a little too much and nowhere near enough: The voice of Frank Sinatra (Lets take a boat to Ber .. Ny Times
4.5
(Its one of many shrewd musical cues in a film latching onto dark, yearning undertones of 1950s pop and the Great American Songbook.) The Filmy Ap
5.0
But under its sometimes shocking and darkly funny surface runs a deep tide of feeling: there are scenes here that can break your heart, but you never .. News Week



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