Fresh
The three women are so spirited and funny -- so emotionally keyed into all the hearts and flowers -- that they give the movie their own kind of truth.
Peter Rainer, Los Angeles Times
Boys on the Side
A motion picture that celebrates the art of survival, the gift of laughter and the miracle of friendship.
1995 · 1h 55m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Herbert Ross
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Boys on the Side
Overview
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Jane's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The entire film feels like the result of a market study.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Rotten
Roos and Ross (and I promise never to put those names together again) are so busy jerking the audience from wacky to teary, and back again, they seem blithely unaware of the howling melodrama of it all.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
An engagingly acted, likable, fried green Thelma & Louise.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Rotten
It's decent mass consumption entertainment, but there's not much in the way of meat.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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