Borstal Boy
Strand Releasing | Release Date: March 1, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
11
Negative:
4
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38
New York PostLou Lumenick
Somewhere along the way, Borstal Boy became fatally compromised. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderTed Shen
The direction is so muted and sentimental and the pacing so soporific that only Ciarian Tanham's saturated color cinematography of the sylvan countryside breaks the monotony. Read full review
30
VarietyDerek Elley
Mixes a rites-of-passage story with political and sexual elements to solid but finally uninvolving results. Read full review
10
Village VoiceMichael 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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