DVD Review

The History Boys (2007)

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Rated: R; DVD Release Date: Apr 17, 2007; Genres: Comedy, Drama; With: Frances de la Tour, Richard Griffiths and Stephen Campbell Moore; Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures

By Kirven Blount

In The History Boys — adapted from the Tony-winning play about bionically precocious British lads — Richard Griffiths is the blinkered shambles who sees the boy behind the test score but sneaks an occasional grope. Boys' boys are urbane and poetic — but not exactly relatable — in tearing through Alan Bennett's erudite script, while the instructors (especially Griffiths) feel like real, mistake-prone people. B+

Posted Apr 13, 2007

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