the boys: the sherman brothers' story
About this movie
- Synopsis
- Screenwriting cousins Jeff and Gregg Sherman team up to craft this documentary exploring the darker side of the relationship shared between their famous fathers, Robert and Richard....
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- Starring
- Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
- Director(s)
- Gregory V. Sherman, Jeffrey C. Sherman
- Distributor(s)
- Walt Disney Pictures
- MPAA Rating
- PG
- Runtime
- 101 min.
Critic Reviews
The result is an excellent film - entertaining and informative and sometimes stunning in its display of the personal demons shared by these two geniuses.Read the full review
The Boys is so heartfelt that it elicits a sense that complex creative relationships may ultimately elude explication, leaving Jeffrey Sherman to speculate that the friction between his father and his uncle was what brought their songs alive.Read the full review
Engaging documentary draws on plentiful archival footage and A-list interviewees, and should lure dedicated nostalgists.Read the full review
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Disney songwriting team documented
08/20/09 If you can you can sing all the songs from Mary Poppins and The Parent Trap or recall the lyrics from such pop hits as You're Sixteen or even Pineapple Princess -- yeah, Annette Funicello -- you should probably keep it to yourself. | JAM! Showbiz -
'Museum' tops 'Terminator'
05/25/09 Warner Bros.' scifi actioner "Terminator Salvation" – the fourth "Terminator" pic and first installment in almost six years – performed ably, if unspectacularly, with $53.8 million in second place on the four-day frame and a $67.2 cume since bowing Thursday. | The Hollywood Reporter -
92% The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
05/23/09 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. | Rotten Tomatoes -
86% The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
05/21/09 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. | Rotten Tomatoes -
Short Takes: 'The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story' and 'Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country'
05/21/09 Documentary about Disney songwriters Bob and Dick Sherman . | New York Daily News - New York NY
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