
Jennifer and Ryan are students at UC Berkeley, acquaintances off and on since early adolescence. She's quick, witty, ironic, literary, and independent; he's deliberate, literal, serious, studying structural engineering, always working on a plan. They take walks, they console each other over break-ups, he shares his plans. She's headed for Italy after graduation. Then, to their equal surprise, they spend a night together. Her response is to skitter away from continued intimacy... (Full plot summary below)
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Jennifer and Ryan are students at UC Berkeley, acquaintances off and on since early adolescence. She's quick, witty, ironic, literary, and independent; he's deliberate, literal, serious, studying structural engineering, always working on a plan. They take walks, they console each other over break-ups, he shares his plans. She's headed for Italy after graduation. Then, to their equal surprise, they spend a night together. Her response is to skitter away from continued intimacy and want to stay friends; he's hurt by her response, so he withdraws. Can it all get sorted out before she leaves town?
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| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThe material is familiar, the Berkeley locations are strictly boilerplate, and there are times when the characters seem more like high school students than college kids. |
| Nitrate OnlineCynthia FuchsGiven the vagaries of film production, it's certainly possible that none of these appealing young performers could have anticipated the eventual shape this movie would take. Still, there may have been signs along the way. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsBob StraussThe extent to which the film's characters are imagined matches the effort that went into choosing the title. |
| Mr. ShowbizCody ClarkWatching this film is a little like wallowing in warm surf with soft pop music wafting in the breeze. |
| Film Quips OnlineJohn R. McEwenIf [When Harry Met Sally...]never existed, this would be a passable romance; as it is, it looks more like a cheap ripoff. |
| Film.comTom KeoghIt's insulting and devalues the experience of watching not just this film but all films. |
| Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesBoys And Girls has characters bursting with energy so intense and vibrant that you wish there was a more interesting plot to keep them occupied. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanA well-made romance that may not always work, but is appreciatively overambitious in its ideas about relationships and the opposite sex. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaPrinze still delivers the faceless everyman performance he's given in his last few--make that all--his films. |
| New York TimesA.O. ScottThe best thing that can be said about Boys and Girls is that it is studiously inoffensive. |