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  • December Boys
  • Opened September 14, 2007 | Runtime:1 hr 45 min
  • PG-13
    sexual content, nudity, underage drinking and smoking
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 12+. Read More
  • For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend Mother sends the four boys away on a seaside vacation, where they Read More
  • Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Christian Byers, Lee Cormie, James Fraser, Teresa Palmer, Jack Thompson
  • Director: Rod Hardy
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

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December Boys Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    December Boys - Golden

    by Rusty1

    Golden days for young and old is what we witness in this gentle but penetrating drama.

    You walk out feeling like you have been on holiday and made 4 new friends. Amazing touch with the story and if you can deal with those funny Australian accents then no problem. (They dont really sound like they do on THE SIMPSONS)

    Dan from HARRY POTTER is really good and a versatile actor.

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    Very HEart Warming Movie

    by krmanthathaler

    Great movie. Its been a while since we have seen such innocence and simple yet sophisticated characters. It was a refreshing change from all the death and bloody movies that they make these days. Daniel Radcliff is as usually very good. He is a bit awkward in some places, it seems that as he growing up from the Harry Potter days, he is still getting used to his ?new skin?. The other boys are amazing and I loved the story. It is definitely a movie that will remain with me for a long time to come.

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    Too good to be hidden in Non-mainstream release

    by assipassi

    Finding this movie at "a theater near you" was not an easy feast. Alas I had to resort to fly from Raleigh NC to Atlanta GA (thank God for working for an airline) and meeting up with my best Bud to see it. We were both glad we went. It is a nice coming of age story, depicting the friendship of four boys, that really goes so much deeper than friendship. You rarely see this theme played out as a story between "boys only" without the usual buddy/buddy references or without the boys being jocks. Furthermore this movie shows that boys can be emotional and sensitive, without having the fear of being labllled as homosexual as is so commonplace these days.

    The movie is set in the 1960s, and I loved to see that the boys' thought of rebelling was sneaking a smoke and a beer. Yet nobody then freaked out about it. And it doesn't mean they all turned out addicts!

    Nice sencery shots in the beautiful Australia!

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December Boys Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score 56 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    The film's dramatic moments are small but exquisitely rendered so that you feel...

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

    A refreshingly gentle treatment of familiar themes such as the inevitability of...

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The filmmakers can't decide whether to trust the period innocence of the book...

  • 63
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    The movie would pour nicely onto a thick stack of pancakes.

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