Review of Borstal Boy (2001) by Michael Wilmington for Chicago Tribune — 21 Mar 2002
It's really a crock: a coming-of-age boys' prison film that has only a fanciful link with Behan's life. The film is a bastard grandchild of Tony Richardson's 1962 "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.".
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This review of Borstal Boy (2001) was written by Michael Wilmington and published by Chicago Tribune on 21 Mar 2002.
Borstal Boy has generally received positive reviews.
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