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In this romantic comedy, good friends change their feelings about each other over the course of their four years in college. Ryan (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and Jennifer (Claire Forlani) have known each oth... read more read more...er since grade school, though their oil-and-water personalities don't always mesh. Engineering student Ryan focuses on his studies and future career, while Jennifer likes loud music, partying, and not doing her homework. As they suffer their share of disastrous relationships, these two opposites begin to wonder if they were meant to be more than friends. The supporting cast includes Jason Biggs as Ryan's loudmouth roommate Hunter, Amanda Detmer as Jennifer's neurotic pal Amy, Alyson Hannigan as Ryan's sometime girlfriend Betty, and Heather Donahue, who is no worse for wear after her experiences in the Maryland woods in The Blair Witch Project. Director Robert Iscove also worked with Prinze on She's All That (1999). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Robert Iscove

Release Date: June 16, 2000

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DVD Release Date: November 14, 2000

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  • January 13, 2012
    Awe come on everyone! This was cute. How can anything with Freddie in it be bad? Cute romantic comedy. Jason Biggs was pretty funny in this, which really added to it. Maybe not their best work, but I enjoyed it.
  • March 11, 2010
    This has got to be one of the most cheesy movies from the 00s. You have the ultimate teen nerd and the ultimate teen leading man thrown together with the roles reversed. A blue haired Jason Biggs is not necessarily something I asked to see, but it was a pleasant surprise none the... read more less. It's a pretty typical boy meets girl scenario with some odd quirks thrown in.
  • December 18, 2007
    Not a bad comedy-romantic with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Claire Forlani as college students whose blossoming friendship nurses them through a series of romantic disappointments. Will they ever see that they're made for each other? Three guesses. The overfamiliar script is redeemed b... read morey sprightly direction and appealing performances - especially by Forlani, who glows with intelligence, warmth, and vulnerability.
  • August 25, 2006
    This was cute.
  • November 22, 2007
    As romance movies go this one wasn't too bad. It showed the maturing process of the characters before it was believable that they would get together. Not like in most of these films where it is obvious they will get together because the writers think it is a good idea. Like say W... read morehen Harry Met Sally.
  • December 23, 2011
    Yikes. Poor Claire Forlani. How did she ever deliver those speeches about "love" so earnestly? *I saw this in theaters as a middle school kid and probably thought it was romantic and edgy and sexy. Yikes again.
  • July 5, 2010
    Romantic movie that catches the heart. Was a huge fan of Freddie Prinze Jr. at the time when this movie came out. Seems like he dropped off the planet after he got married. Wish he was around more.
  • November 28, 2008
    I love this movie, it's probably my favorite Freddy Prinze Jr. movie, probably even better than "she's all that."
  • May 9, 2008
    It was a good movie, but more lovely, dovey from me. Its something for girly girls to watch. Borrow it from a friend or watch it on tv like I did. LOL.
  • May 2, 2008
    18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
    When Harry Met Sally for teens, November 8, 2004


    Misery loves company. I became addicted to this quirky, somewhat surreal romantic comedy when a long term relationship of mine ended. To watch Freddie Pri... read morenze Jr. and Claire Forlani as long-time friends navigate through the minefield of failed relationships and teen angst only to eventually consider getting together themselves seemed like the perfect anecdotal medecine to relieve what I was going through at that time. Yes, it's ultimately a funny and touching drama that taps into that need for comfortable feel good stories to put the sparkle back into life. Really, it bears more than a striking resemblance to WHEN HARRY MET SALLY in both structure and themes. (Is it a surprise they are both favorites of mine).
    Ultimately my favorite part of the movie is the first half. The movie starts with a young Ryan and Jennifer meeting for the first time on a plane from New York to Los Angeles. Their encounter remains so memorable that five years later Ryan recognizes Jennifer during a football game. As luck would have it the two also eventually end up both in college at Berkeley and bump into each other in a series of When-Harry-Met-Sally-esque encounters over a number of years.
    Prinze definitely plays against type here, he doesn't play a hotshot high school football star but instead Ryan is a difficult, unsure teen attempting to make his way through an engineering degree and Forlani is the confident, assured college girl who has no trouble getting dates, but is unable to maintain any long-term commitment.
    Providing possibly his funniest performance is Jason Biggs (of American Pie fame) who plays Ryans college roommate Hunter (well that's not his real name but he feels it sounds better when picking up girls). From his introduction - getting stuck in a storage case to his eventual success in the girl department - his all too rare screen moments provide some great humor and lend a certain charm to the movie giving it an edge over the adult movie that so clearly inspired it.
    I've seen this movie numerous times, its one of my guilty pleasures that speaks to me on so many levels.
    Incidently if you have seen this movie on television the chances are that you have not seen it all. I have seen "Boys and Girls" shredded to bits on network tv.

Critic Reviews


Jonathan Rosenbaum
March 6, 2007
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

The cast is so charming and assured that it puts across most of this with a reasonable amount of conviction. Full Review

Rick Groen
March 19, 2002
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

This is less a movie than a casting call -- just round up a crowd of pretty young faces, fresh yet still familiar, and call it a job well done. Full Review

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Compared to the wisdom and wickedness of High Fidelity, [Boys and Girls] is such a slight movie. Full Review

Jay Boyar
January 1, 2000
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

[Claire Forlani] is way too classy for this sort of film.

Lou Lumenick
January 1, 2000
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

The year's worst movie.

Nick Rutigliano
January 1, 2000
Nick Rutigliano, Village Voice

Approaches such niceties as construction and character motivation with a decidedly wanton shrug. Full Review

James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

Boys and Girls breezes through overly-familiar territory. Full Review

A.O. Scott
January 1, 2000
A.O. Scott, New York Times

The best thing that can be said about Boys and Girls is that it is studiously inoffensive. Full Review

Monica Eng
January 1, 2000
Monica Eng, Chicago Tribune

One moment it is clever and fresh, and the next it becomes stupid.

Cody Clark
January 1, 2000
Cody Clark, Mr. Showbiz

The larger motions [Boys and Girls] goes through are oh-so-tiresomely familiar.

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