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66% Critic Match
The History Boys
“History. It's just one bloody thing after another.”
6.6 / 10• 2006• 1h 49m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.
Cast & Crew
Richard Griffiths
Hector
Lead
Stephen Campbell Moore
Irwin
Dominic Cooper
Dakin
Samuel Barnett
Posner
James Corden
Timms
Russell Tovey
Rudge
Samuel Anderson
Crowther
Jamie Parker
Scripps
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nicholas Hytner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The History Boys is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
