A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty (Albert Finney). The arrival of a dramatic troupe stirs things up even more, especially when she falls in love with one f the "Playboys", Tom Casey (Aidan Quinn).
The Playboys has generally received positive reviews.
Review of The Playboys (1992)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000
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Review of The Playboys (1992)
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By Chris Hicks (618) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 01 Jan 2000
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By Hal Hinson (447) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Jan 2000
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Review of The Playboys (1992)
Review of The Playboys (1992)
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The Playboys was released in 1992 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 14 reviews, giving The Playboys (1992) an average rating of 69%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 70%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 63%.
With a score of 69%, The Playboys is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1992, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1992 with similar scores include films like Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and Invincible.
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