Boys 1996

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: The actors do a nice job of investing it all with a certain conviction, and there's a fairy-tale tinge to some of the action that gives it a certain charm. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: The movie's not helped at all by Ryder, who seems uncomfortable playing femme fatale to these grimy-fingered boys, as if she doesn't believe anyone could feel this adulative about her. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: A small, cramped film about an aimless woman in her mid-20s who becomes involved with an innocent prep school student. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Boys is a love story, or at least that's what the film makers would like us to believe. The problem is, there isn't much emotion present. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Boys must think audiences are not very bright. Read more

Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle: A first-rate example of good actors stuck in a bad movie. Read more

Trevor Johnston, Time Out: Writer/director Cochran is stronger on capturing the texture surrounding her characters' converging experiences than making much of it when they do get together. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: As vague and unfocused as its title. Read more