Rotten
Take a couple of friends to see it, and the amount you spend may exceed the amount the filmmakers did.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Private Romeo
Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books.
2011 · 1h 37m
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Alan Brown
Overview
When eight male cadets are left behind at an isolated military high school, the greatest romantic drama ever written seeps out of the classroom and permeates their lives.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
44%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An earnest experiment in don't-ask-don't-tell drama as indebted to shirtlessness as to iambic pentameter.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten
Unfortunately, "modern" additions (like the soldiers' YouTube videos and some social media moments) feel clunky, and a necessarily shortened approach trips the movie up...
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Fresh
Private Romeo will undoubtedly be regarded by some as a curio, but it's a sweet, sympathetic and surprising one, highly recommended to the adventurous spirit in an enlightened and changing world.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
A pandering coming-of-ager about sexual identity and equality.
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
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