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BOYS

What You Need To Know:

BOYS is an adolescent fantasy about a malcontent adolescent who falls in love with a beautiful twenty-something woman, played by Lukas Haas and Winona Ryder respectively. Boring, poorly written, awkwardly acted, and dramatically disjointed, it doesn't have much sex, but it does have a lot of foul mouthed brats.

Content:

(Ro, LLL, V, S, N, A, D, M) Romantic worldview of reckless youth & poor decisions; 23 obscenities & 15 profanities; mild violence including hitting, horse throws woman, car drives into water, drowning, & image of corpse; heavy kissing & implied fornication; brief shot of woman in bra top; alcohol use; smoking; and, theft, lying, stealing, & a mean angry father

More Detail:

Lukas Haas plays a malcontent prep school senior, John Baker, Jr., who falls for the mysterious older woman, Patty Vare, played by Winona Ryder, in BOYS. One day, a young school mate takes John to a semi-conscious woman who was thrown off of her horse. Rather than taking her to the hospital, John takes to his dorm room. Every lusty boy pines to take a look at her when word gets out. A smitten John keeps the doors shut and his attention on Patty Vare. Soon, she begins to reveal to him her story involving a stolen car and a missing baseball player. The two run off to a county fair, but Patty is brought into the police for questioning, and John is put back in school. At a most anti-climatic climax, Patty and John pull a “THE GRADUATE” stunt, momentarily reuniting the rebels to the shock of everyone else.

BOYS, like its namesake, is an immature, indecisive movie. The movie tries to make a lot of statements about growing up, but all those themes are lost in the awkward acting, shallow dialogue and unclear dramatic pacing. Though not including much sex, it does have a lot of foul mouthed brats. Because it tries to be a little mysterious and arty, BOYS will probably not be shown to as many boys as the filmmakers wish. A boring, contrived off-beat picture, these BOYS will take a spanking at the box office.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

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