The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.
The History Boys has generally received positive reviews.
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The History Boys was released in 2006 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 630 reviews, giving The History Boys (2006) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 73% and users giving an average score of 73%.
With a score of 67%, The History Boys is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2006, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2006 with similar scores include films like Ice Age: The Meltdown, Happy Feet and Step Up.
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