The History Boys

I like originality in films whether its how the film looks, how its written or how its performed. The History Boys has this originality in many ways. Keep in mind its taken from a stage play and the cast are all from the stage version and you will accept the melodramatic performances and slightly surreal version of a school in England in the 1980s. Once past that obstacle, you will find a film which is honest, thought-provoking and full of insight into the world I spend my daily life in - education, teenagers and the individual’s constant struggle to do what is right in a world which requires lies and deceit, under the guise of skill and honesty, to get ahead…Maybe it’s just because this is my world, and this was my teenage era, that this film resonated - or perhaps because Alan Bennett has many thought provoking things to say which actually matter. Either way, its a film worth watching and mulling over continually afterwards.