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The History Boys
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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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy witty, dialogue-driven ensemble stories about education, intellectual awakening, and the complicated influence of teachers.
- Tone
- cerebral, warm, bittersweet
- Payoff
- reflection, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- education, ambition, coming of age, mentorship, identity
- Setting
- 1980s, northern English grammar school and university-bound classrooms
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