The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

 (2009)


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| Aug 21, 2009
Jam! Movies
Too bad the movie doesn't dig deeper.... ... Full Review
| Aug 19, 2009
Eye Weekly
Their love-hate relationship is detailed in The Boys, a Disney-produced documentary with an unfortunately in-house feel..... ... Full Review
| May 22, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle
The result is an excellent film -....The Boys" is a loving tribute....After their place in history is established, the family drama is explored, sometimes cryptically, but always honestly..... ... Full Review
| May 04, 2009
Film Journal International
will be big with film buffs, Disneyphiles and fans of wholesome movie musicals.....The temperaments of these brothers, sons of the successful composer Al Sherman, couldn't be more different:.... ... Full Review

Los Angeles Times
The Boys" is so heartfelt that it elicits a sense....It was the music of the marginalized with a political history that today embraces hip-hop and flamenco.....Saura, Spain's great senior director, opens his film with images of people walking in the streets.... ... Full Review

News

The Academy Award winning Sherman Brothers, who wrote some of the most important songs in modern film, are Robert B. and Richard M., still living and thriving as artists at 84 and 81. ... Full Article

ENTERTAINMENT COLUMNIST The central and compelling mysteries at the heart of the Disney documentary The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story are never solved. What drove apart the multi-award-winning siblings who collaborated on more movie scores than any other songwriting team... ... Full Article

Documentary featuring Robert Sherman and Richard Sherman. Directed by Jeffrey Sherman and Gregory Sherman. 101 minutes. AMC, Yonge and Dundas. G Regardless of whether your blood warms or freezes to the strains of "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary... ... Full Article

If you grew up in the 20th Century, odds are you've been singing along to the Sherman Brothers' songs - maybe without even knowing it. ... Full Article

For six decades, Robert B. and Richard M. Sherman made beautiful music together. A veritable George and Ira Gershwin at the Walt Disney Studios in the 1960s, the composing brothers were responsible for writing such popular songs as "Let's Get... ... Full Article

Disney musicals from the '50s and '60s have a push-pull effect on many folks who grew up loving the stuff, then felt a need to distance themselves from it as young adults, only to rediscover the poignancy, sophistication, and melancholy... ... Full Article

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