- Release Date: 2002
- Runtime: 104 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jena Malone ... see all
- Director: Peter Care
- Plot: In mid-1970s Savannah, two bright but rebellious boys, Francis Doyle and Tim Sullivan, fight boredom, hormones and harsh teachers as they struggle to find something meaningful beyond the walls of... Read more
User Reviews
exellent....
Feb 28, 2008
anna04141912 - yahoo.com
Feb 28, 2008anna04141912 - yahoo.com
It's a "berath take away" movie. It definately deserved more recognition thn it got and at least 1 oscarnod. but over all an exellent movie with great aspects.... Full review
a good movie
Aug 13, 2006
toast226 - yahoo.com
Aug 13, 2006toast226 - yahoo.com
okay i am just a 16 year old kid but this movie was awesome you dont know how much i understand everything that these kids were going through. because well i am going through it, i thought this movie was very... Full review
Amazing
Aug 13, 2006
nitram1112003 - yahoo.com
Aug 13, 2006nitram1112003 - yahoo.com
A wonderful film full of adventure... All boys in private schools should watch this! Especially if they are from catholic schools!!! Inspiration to us all!!! The Alter Servers Guide to Life!!!:P... Full review
Best of its kind
Aug 13, 2006
shades1112003 - yahoo.com
Aug 13, 2006shades1112003 - yahoo.com
"The Dangerous lives of Alter Boys" is a magnificent film! I concur with Nitram that all Catholic private school kids should watch this 13 and up. All who give this movie under a B in rating should be ashamed.... Full review
great "coming of age" film
Apr 17, 2006
TheatreX - imdb.com
Apr 17, 2006TheatreX - imdb.com
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys is a pretty good coming of age film, with 4 Catholic schoolboys that are devoted to comics & mischief composing their very own "comic book", The Atomic Trinity. Of course, there are 4 of them... Full review
Sweet Look At Young Love, with Original Animation Fantasy
Dec 12, 2005
noralee - imdb.com
Dec 12, 2005noralee - imdb.com
"Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" is very similar to "Stand By Me," with the nice addition of a non-stereotyped girl and a stereotyped nun (played by producer Jodie Foster) in the mix. Young love is shown the sweetest I've seen... Full review
the *****ing best movie ever
Oct 12, 2005
rocker_babe_2009 - yahoo.com
Oct 12, 2005rocker_babe_2009 - yahoo.com
This was the bestest movie I've ever seen! It is my favorite! Emile Hirsch is the most hottest guy ever! and Keiren Culkin is pretty damn hot too. I can't wait til my birthday so I can get this movie on... Full review
I like it...
Oct 09, 2005
pagesireview - yahoo.com
Oct 09, 2005pagesireview - yahoo.com
Only reason why i watch it was because of the cutscene animation...but the movie itself was good. You should rent the movie if you have IO it comes of one of the showtime channels...... Full review
Surprisingly Great Original Coming to Age Movie
Sep 19, 2005
Claudio Carvalho - imdb.com
Sep 19, 2005Claudio Carvalho - imdb.com
In the Seventies, the fifteen years old troublemaker and leader altar boy Tim Sullivan (Kieran Culkin) and his three great friends, Francis Doyle (Emile Hirsch), Wade Scalisi (Jake Richardson) and Joey Anderson (Tyler Long), study in a repressive Catholic school,... Full review
not too shaby
Jul 23, 2005
bevo711 - yahoo.com
Jul 23, 2005bevo711 - yahoo.com
This was a pretty good movie i was at my friends house and everytime i go over she has like a billion movies and i watch a new one everytime and thats the one i picked because i have a friend... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Feb 03, 2007moviemaker.com
It's still a good story.
Adapted from the cult novel by Chris Fuhrman, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys is an uncompromising coming of age tale, focusing on the antics of two best friends, Tim (Kieran Culkin) and Francis (Emile Hirsch), who spend their days scamming up new ways to retaliate against authority, particularly their school teachers, Sister Assumpta (Jodie Foster) and Father Casey (Vincent D'Onofrio).
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| Nov 12, 2002Laramie Movie Scope
Nothing hones the artistic skills as a art movie about art.
As you would expect from an art film, the acting and direction are excellent.
It has a very talented cast of actors, led by Oscar-winner Jodi Foster.
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| Jul 04, 2002Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie V
Lots of things work well on their own in "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.....In spite of this however, the film ultimately feels empty.... ... Full Review
| Jul 04, 2002Film.com
Which is what she gets from altar-boy pals Tim (Kieran Culkin), who wants to sic a cougar on her, and Francis (Emile Hirsch), who works with Tim on a brutal, kinky comic strip featuring Nunzilla.
Co-produced by Jodie Foster, this artful and surprising film of Chris Fuhrman's 1970s-era novel also features the actress as Sister Assumpta, an Irish nun with a peg leg and zero tolerance for trouble.
... Full Review
| Jun 28, 2002Deseret News
However, this film isn't quite as good as either of those others - in fact, the film is nearly crippled by its reliance on lengthy animated sequences (which were designed by comic-book mogul Todd MacFarlane).
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" is rated R for occasional use of strong sex-related profanity, violence (a school scuffle, as well as violence involving animals), crude sexual humor and references, drug use (marijuana), brief gore, a brief and discreet sex scene and glimpses of nude and sexually ex ... Full Review
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2004-10-19
Ranger Russ: Spends the episode feeling bad because he brushed off troubled co-Ranger Carl, who is killed by Sheriff Underlay. Gets more suspicious when the survivors start organizing. ... Full Article
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
newsreview.com –
2002-07-04
Two Catholic teens (Kieran Culkin and Emile Hirsch) are parochially schooled in the 1970s by a wooden-legged nun (Jodie Foster as Sister Assumpta) and a chain-smoking priest (a pudgy Vincent D'Onofrio). ... Full Article
Cucalorus Film Festival
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2002-06-27
Also opening today
sfgate.com –
2002-06-21
Drama. Starring Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin, Jena Malone, Jodie Foster. Directed by Peter Care. Written by Jeff Stockwell, from a book by Chris Fuhrman. (R. 110 minutes. At Bay Area theaters). With her sharp jawline and stern expression, Jodie Foster ... Full Article
flawed 'Altar Boys'
cincinnati.com –
2002-06-21
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