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December Boys (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 64
Fresh: 27
Rotten:37
Average Rating: 5/10
Consensus: Uneventful and far too sentimental.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release: Sep 14, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Based on the novel by Michael Noonan, DECEMBER BOYS is a touching coming-of-age drama set in Australia in the 1960s. Maps (Daniel Radcliffe), Misty (Lee Cormie), Sparks (Christian Byers), and Spit... [More]
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Lee Cormie, Christian Byers, James Fraser
Director: Rod Hardy
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Reviews for December Boys
The coast of Australia is an apt setting for Rod Hardy's precious drama: It's Beaches for men.
02/22/08
Fans and industry watchers who wonder whether Radcliffe has what it takes to turn his increasingly sophisticated performances in [Harry Potter] into a full-blown adult career as an actor... can see for themselves: the kid's got talent...
12/09/07
Radcliffe is good at showing vulnerability but without the skills to give it gradation. The magic doesn't work for him this time.
11/03/07
Top Critic Director Rod Hardy adds some whimsical touches to an otherwise cliche-filled story, but the young orphans never emerge as full-blooded characters.
10/12/07
Top Critic
A story line involving a crusty fisherman and a giant, fabled fish plays as unintentionally comic. Other moments are visually excessive.
09/28/07
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09/28/07
Sometimes the hardest movies to review are the ones that are middle-of-the-road, bland and completely uninspiring, movies like December Boys.
09/27/07
Sweet--indeed, cloying--coming-of-age tale...the barrage of messages it carries ultimately proves too heavy a cargo.
09/24/07
There is nothing on display in the coming-of-age drama December Boys that you haven’t already seen dozens of times before.
09/24/07
"December Boys" is a minor ensemble melodrama that succeeds for the heartfelt efforts of its ensemble.
09/23/07
There seem to be two movies going on here at the same time, and December Boys would have been better off going all the way with one of them.
09/21/07
Top Critic Though familiar as an old shoe, this is straightforward and well told.
09/21/07
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August 25, 2007:
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