- Actors: Kieran Culkin, Jena Malone, Emile Hirsch, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jake Richardson
- Directors: Peter Care
- Writers: Chris Fuhrman, Jeff Stockwell, Michael Petroni
- Producers: Bob Stephenson, Cheryl La Sasso, Chrisanne Mitchell, David A. Jones
- Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Language English
- Subtitles: Spanish
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Sony Pictures
- DVD Release Date: 5 Nov 2002
- Run Time: 104 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00006JMQ4
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 171,172 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I was in the gym on a Thursday evening, my 3rd visit in 2 months. I noticed that my gym has a vast collection of rubbish 80's video and a selection of about 5 DVD's, I browsed these DVD's more through a means to distract myself from the inevitable workout that the intention to rent one out.
Anyhow I stumbled across the title "The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys" I'd never actually heard of this title but the description it gave was intriguing and I remember Kieran Calkin put in a good performance in "Igby Goes Down" even though I was slightly disappointed with that Film overall.
"The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys" has everything, its a film about friends, its a film about love, its a film about growing up and getting into a lot of trouble while doing it. Maybe because I was expecting so little I got so much or maybe it's just a damn good film. I loved it!!!
The film revolves around 4 friends and their fascination for comic books; this fascination however gets two of them expelled from their strict Catholic school after a blasphemous comic they had written is found by Sister Assumpta (Jodie Foster). They hatch a plan to destroy the evidence involving four friends imagination and a wild cat!!
Buy this film or go and rent it from the gym, either way make sure you watch it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This had all sorts of themes weaving their way through a very entertaining absorbing unpatronising coming of age story.
With its smattering of shocks and points of humour the story revolving around elaborate far fetched practical joke unfoldes to reach an
horrific climax.
The balance between the adolescents imaginary comic book cartoon worlds of their superheros/egos and reality is balanced superbly.
How this film has quiety slipped by is a mystery. Both boys in family utterly hooked by the way.
With its smattering of shocks and points of humour the story revolving around elaborate far fetched practical joke unfoldes to reach an
horrific climax.
The balance between the adolescents imaginary comic book cartoon worlds of their superheros/egos and reality is balanced superbly.
How this film has quiety slipped by is a mystery. Both boys in family utterly hooked by the way.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A coming of age film, which reminded me a little of Lindsay Anderson's "If". However, whereas "If" was stark and powerful, this was sentimental, with acting which didn't seem to know where it was going. The strongest performance was by Emile Hirsch, but he could have used some of the restraint he showed in The Mudge Boy to achieve much more impact. His performance was a little over the top and teary. The way the film interwove the naturalistic with the fantasy (anime) elements was good, but perhaps a bit cliched as well. I also liked the way William Blake's poetry and philosophy of sexual liberation was brought into it to contrast with the repressive Catholic upbringing of the boys, but it could have developed that more I feel. It was a film which was obviously aimed for a teenage audience and because of that certain opportunities to make a stronger statement were missed.
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Nice adaption from the book!
This is a nice adaption from the book by Chris ( Chrisanne ) Fuhrman, R.I.P.
With an excellent cast leading Kieran Culkin and Emile Hirsh. Read more
With an excellent cast leading Kieran Culkin and Emile Hirsh. Read more
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The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys
This was well acted mostly by teenagers who attend a repressive Catholic school under the care of an unpleasant nun played by Jodie Foster and a smoking, football coaching padre... Read more
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