Borstal Boy

Name: Borstal Boy
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: March 1, 2002
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 47
Cast: Danny Dyer, Shawn Hatosy

2002

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: March 1, 2002

Starring: Danny Dyer, Shawn Hatosy

Summary: An Irish film based on the memoirs of noted author and raconteur Brendan Behan. (Strand Releasing)

Director: Peter Sheridan

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Runtime: 93 min

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Kenneth Turan

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. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Shows an unusual degree of generosity toward all its characters, and its tenderness yields some affecting moments, even if they don't ring entirely true. Read full review

Michael Dequina

Forces a self-examination that is both traumantic and revealing. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

The film moves briskly enough to be entertaining, but it can't escape the smothering hero worship that Sheridan infuses into every frame.

Michael Wilmington

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." Read full review

Mick LaSalle

The result is a film that will probably please people already fascinated by Behan but leave everyone else yawning with admiration. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

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. Read full review

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Jun 5, 2006

While I'm a fan of the author.......I wouldn't have been such a fan if I saw this first. I'm afraid this movie is very very bland.

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