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The History Boys · LeviOsa

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History. It's just one bloody thing after another.

Drama1h 49m

🍅66%

🍅

66%

Tomatometer

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70%

Popcornmeter

6.6

TMDB

Storyline

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

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Details

DirectorNicholas Hytner

ReleasedOct 2, 2006

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$4M

Revenue

$13.4M

Parental guideRUS

Studios

DNA Films

UK Film Council

BBC Two

National Theatre

Cast

Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

Hector

Stephen Campbell Moore

Stephen Campbell Moore

Irwin

Dominic Cooper

Dominic Cooper

Dakin

Samuel Barnett

Samuel Barnett

Posner

James Corden

James Corden

Timms

Russell Tovey

Russell Tovey

Rudge

Samuel Anderson

Samuel Anderson

Crowther

Jamie Parker

Jamie Parker

Scripps

Andrew Knott

Andrew Knott

Lockwood

Sacha Dhawan

Sacha Dhawan

Akhtar

Clive Merrison

Clive Merrison

Headmaster

Frances de la Tour

Frances de la Tour

Mrs. Lintott

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Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

4 fresh · 3 rotten

Critics consensus

“While not quite having the impact of its original stage version, The History Boys nevertheless is a witty and involving school drama.”

66% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

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Toddy Burton

RTAustin ChronicleDec 30, 2006

If you like your British movies quick, raunchy, reflective, and bittersweet, then The History Boys is for you.

B

Bruce Westbrook

RTHouston ChronicleDec 22, 2006

The film becomes a sermonette on tolerance. But with its one-sidedness, it fails to practice what it preaches.

T

Terry Lawson

RTDetroit Free PressDec 22, 2006

The History Boys is a movie that asks questions like 'What is education really for anyway?' and asks them in an altogether witty, brainy way. It turns history into what it really is, the story of our lives.

G

Geoff Berkshire

RTMetromix.comJul 6, 2010

The play's the thing -- the only thing -- here

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Information

Title

The History Boys

Released

Oct 2, 2006

Rated

R

Region of Origin

United Kingdom

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 49m

Status

Released

Studios

DNA Films, UK Film Council

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