Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England.
Borstal Boy has generally received positive reviews.
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Borstal Boy was released in 2001 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 49 reviews, giving Borstal Boy (2001) an average rating of 63%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 76%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 56%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Borstal Boy than critics were.
With a score of 63%, Borstal Boy is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2001, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2001 with similar scores include films like Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Session 9 and Kate & Leopold.
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