Rotten
Radcliffe is good at showing vulnerability but without the skills to give it gradation. The magic doesn't work for him this time.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
December Boys
After that summer nothing would be the same.
2007 · 1h 45m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Rod Hardy
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December Boys
Overview
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 meet Teresa and Fearless, a couple who would make perfect parents. The youths compete with one another to be the one Teresa and Fearless decide to adopt.
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41%
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Rotten
I was not charmed. I was not moved.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
Particularly for Radcliffe fans, it's an agreeable journey.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Rotten
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.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Though familiar as an old shoe, this is straightforward and well told.
Joshua Katzman, Chicago Reader
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