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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
Every Monday evening, at the arena, eleven men get together to lovingly put on the jersey of the Boys, the hockey team of a "garage" league to which they belong.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 67GoodWatch 65
IMDb6.7
Box office
3.2×its budget
- Budget
- $3 M
- Worldwide
- $11 M
Worldwide it earned $7 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 47 min
A typical length for comedies, +7 min on the typical 100
typical 100107Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1997
December 12, 1997
29 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
- Canada
and 11 moreDirecting · 1
- Louis Saia Director, Writer
Production · 2
- Jeffrey Tinnell Producer
- Richard Goudreau Producer
Camera · 1
- Sylvain Brault Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Yvann Thibaudeau Editor
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Film 1 of 5 · then The Boys II
- The Boys (1997)
GoodWatch score 64You're here
- The Boys II (1998)
GoodWatch score 63Film 2
- The Boys III (2001)
GoodWatch score 63Film 3
- The Boys IV (2005)
GoodWatch score 60Film 4
- When We Were Boys (2013)
GoodWatch score 52Film 5
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