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Avg. Critic Score: 29 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
14 Iffy for 14+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Jay Carr

    Plays like a college version of ''When Harry Met Sally.'' Read full review

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    A likably thoughtful romantic comedy. Read full review

  • 50
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    It's nothing if not predictable. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Andy Seiler

    As the couple stand on the bluffs overlooking San Francisco Bay, you may find yourself wishing Forlani would push Prinze in. Read full review

  • 50
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    It's not that I don't like it. It's that I don't care. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Stack

    Watching this film is a little like wallowing in warm surf with soft pop music wafting in the breeze. Read full review

  • 40
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    An adolescent romance that isn't smart enough to mirror "When Harry Met Sally" or crudely amusing enough to get close to "American Pie." Read full review

  • 30
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    As generic as its title. Read full review

  • 30
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    The best thing that can be said about Boys and Girls is that it is studiously inoffensive. Read full review

  • 0
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    This ill-fitting movie was mail-ordered from an out-of-date catalog of teen-com stereotypes. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+ Silly star crossed sex obsessed love flick.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie has occasional mild sexually themed language, and some cursing. Most characters spend more time drinking than studying. Ryan cheats on his girlfriend. Hunter lies throughout and encourages Ryan to deceive Amy (Jennifer's roommate). Hunter makes disparaging comments about the elderly. Provocative dancing. Lots of talk about sex, including mentions of orgasms. Amy, in a moment of sexual confusion, kisses Jennifer. Jennifer and Ryan kiss and undress each other before sex (little is shown). Hunter and Amy have sex. Hunter has a sexual fantasy. A football player goes after a costumed mascot with a lance.
  • Families can talk about whether they think this film realistically depicts college life. In general, how does the media portray college and young adults? Also, what do you think about Hunter's lying in order to attract women? Why do you think he resorted to that tactic?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Mostly white characters. Several instances of tasteless humor.
What to watch for
  • violence false0 Violence: A football player goes after a costumed mascot with a lance.
  • sex false3 Sex: Provocative dancing. Lots of talk about sex, including mentions of orgasms. Amy, in a moment of sexual confusion, kisses Jennifer. Jennifer and Ryan kiss and undress each other before sex (little is shown). Hunter and Amy have sex. Hunter has a sexual fantasy.
  • language false3 Language: Occasional mild sexually-themed language, and some cursing.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Most characters spend more time drinking than studying.
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