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Plot: "Boys Town" is a film classic based on the true story of Father Flanagan, a Catholic priest who established a community in Omaha, Nebraska for troubled youths.
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MCT:September 27, 2008A very nice film, with excellent acting from the young cast, especially emotional performances from Mickey Rooney that will leave you with a tear in your eye, and as always- superb acting from Spencer Tracy.
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MCT:September 1, 2008An old-fashioned, feel-good film. Great performances by Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney. Many of the other kids gave genuine performances as well. The movie is rather dated, but in this case that isn't really a bad thing.
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MCT:December 27, 2007
Boys Town" is a film classic based on the true story of Father Flanagan, a Catholic priest who established a community in Omaha, Nebraska for troubled youths
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MCT:December 26, 2007
there is no such thing as a bad boy. good movie especially when my ancestors has something to do building boys town
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MCT:November 27, 2007
Based on real-life events, Boys Town is the story of Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy), a kind-hearted man with a just soul who believes that there is no such thing as a 'bad boy.' He opens a home for orphaned boys, giving them the tools and the means to lead better lives. When a troubled youth (Mickey Rooney) enters Flanagan's care at Boys Town, the man becomes determined to help the boy turn his life around, while fighting a continuous financial battle to keep the land the boys' home is built upon. Spencer Tracy won an Academy Award for his role in this film. Mickey Rooney proved once again to be a wonderfully versatile actor - he stole every scene he was in.
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MCT:October 28, 2007Tracy and Rooney trade wits in this flick about the town in Nebraska for delinquent boys. very good film.
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MCT:August 26, 2007
Mickey Rooney is right there in my top 5 coming in at 3rd place after Gene! He was/is a wonderful actor!
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MCT:August 18, 2007
This classic is a true story. The dialogue is a little hokey but not too bad considering this was made in 1938!
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MCT:August 18, 2007
I forget how great this film is!!! Every time I watch it, I see one more wonderful thing about Boys Town!!! Gee, if we had a boys town now, maybe we could eliminate the Foster system...just a thought...for my full review, go to jeanettejsays.blogspot.com
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MCT:February 13, 2007This classic, oscar-winning, true story may be slightly dated in style but its story is still as emotionally captivating as it was when it first came out. Good performances from both Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney.
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MCT:December 20, 2006Wow. Okay, this was revered and got Spencer Tracy an Oscar... *he* certainly deserved it, but the rest of the movie was over-the-top, entirely unbelievable, and actually had me giggling during some parts that were clearly supposed to be serious. I was impressed Tracy did as well as he did with it, given the fact that he had lines such as, "It was a sad, bad day when you came to us. Yes, indeed." The first half of the movie was fairly interesting, but then it just became silly and sentimental without feeling at all like the characters were someone I could care about. It wasn't actually PAINFUL to watch, but it certainly wasn't worth it. Too bad, because with a cast like this and a possible good plotline, it should've been much better.
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MCT:September 3, 2006
spencer really deserved the oscar for this. he was frappingly awesome in this!!! really well written. definitely gets the message across. i think film-makers who wanna make movies about delinquates shoud look at this before they make their coach carters and friday nite lights and those other shit ones
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MCT:August 3, 2006
A really enjoyable old classic. Great acting from Spencer Tracy and a good story. They don't make em like this anymore!
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