The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story (2009)
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A documentary about the troubled sibling relationship between Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman -- aka The Sherman Brothers -- the Academy Award and Grammy-winning songwriters famous for their iconic Disney and Family Movie hits.
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100
The result is an excellent film - entertaining and informative and sometimes stunning in its display of the personal demons shared by these two geniuses.
90
Village Voice
Boys is first-rate cinema archaeology. What pushes it beyond that is the brutal honesty with which the sibling rivalry between the elder Shermans is depicted; theirs is a palpable mixture of love and disdain that led to the men not socializing with each other for more than 40 years.
80
Variety
Engaging documentary draws on plentiful archival footage and A-list interviewees, and should lure dedicated nostalgists.
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A vital one for movie fans.
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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.
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