Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2008

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Esfora-se ao mximo para arrancar lgrimas do espectador, mas, com exceo da performance cativante de Culkin, o filme empalidece diante de tantos outros do gnero.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 20, 2005

| Original Score: 75/100 | May 13, 2005

Devious, delinquent, and diverting.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 12, 2004

A fairly formulaic '70s-set coming-of-age tale that's ultimately distinguished by the passion of its makers and players.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 12, 2004

The only bright spot in the whole movie is Vincent D'Onofrio's performance as a priest.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 19, 2003

| Original Score: A | Jan 10, 2003

Ultimately feels empty and unsatisfying, like swallowing a Communion wafer without the wine.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 8, 2002

Best suited for those who can recall their stifling and intense Catholic School education from back in the day, Altar Boys is certainly a worthwhile way to spend 90-some minutes.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 28, 2002

I did not care much for the last part of the film, but the three-quarters of it is good enough that I'm recommending it.

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 12, 2002

Even though it is infused with the sensibility of a video director, it doesn't make for completely empty entertainment

| Nov 3, 2002

often successful in capturing the turbulent emotions of the early teen years... not nearly as convincing when it attempts to create a believable environment or forge a dramatic path.

| Oct 26, 2002

Worth seeing (at least the first 90 minutes) for Hirsch, Malone and Culkin.

| Oct 21, 2002

Aged cliches and gimmicks vie with fresh ideas for supremacy in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys; the outcome at best is a draw.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 15, 2002

'The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys manages to capture that impossible time when idealism clashes with reality and religion, wrapped inside a delicious nostalgia...'

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 4, 2002

| Original Score: B | Sep 18, 2002

... a lingering, haunting sensibility that shades characters with ambiguous grays compels us to consider forgiving even the most evil characters

| Original Score: B | Sep 1, 2002

A...cynical and serious look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers.

| Aug 19, 2002

The film does a good job bringing out the fragile and sensitive sides to teens who are searching for answers adults can't give them.

| Original Score: B | Aug 18, 2002