"The History Boys" tells the story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master (Richard Griffiths), a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grossly out-numbered history .. Read more
| Starring | Samuel Anderson, Jack Bagley, Samuel Barnett, Stephen Campbell Moore |
|---|---|
| Director | Nicholas Hytner |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama |
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"The History Boys" tells the story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master (Richard Griffiths), a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grossly out-numbered history teacher (Frances de la Tour), and a headmaster obsessed with results (Clive Merrison), the boys attempt to sift through it all to pass the daunting university admissions process. Their journey becomes as much about how education works, as it is about where education leads.
| Starring | Samuel Anderson, Jack Bagley, Samuel Barnett, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard Griffiths, Frances De La Tour, Clive Merrison, Penelope Wilton |
|---|---|
| Director | Nicholas Hytner |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama |
| Language | English, English Audio Description |
| Released | DVD: 05 Mar 2007 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
Theres something of Joe Orton about The History Boys, the play by Alan Bennett which makes the transfer from... read more on Time Out
Smart, funny, fresh and original
Only two stars. Not sure about this adaptation. It maybe interesting and original but mostly for pretentious quazi-intellectual reasons. The OTT homosexual angle is dominating this film; they all seem to be full of themselves, showing off and more interested in BJs than trying to get to Oxford. That makes most characters (all boys and teachers) in this film look way too similar to each other. It would be more interesting if all the characters portrayed showed a bit more diversity.