The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002 · 104 min · Director: Peter Care
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In mid-1970s Savannah, two bright but rebellious boys, Francis Doyle and Tim Sullivan, fight boredom, hormones and harsh teachers as they struggle to find something meaningful beyond the walls of their parish school. Francis, an exceptional artist whose imaginative forays into a fictional universe of good and evil fill his notebooks with comic-book imagery, creates a netherworld of superhero alter egos for the two boys. When the ultra-strict Sister Assumpta seizes their artwork one day, the boys embark upon an obsessed trail of revenge that ultimately changes their lives.
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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Nostalgia 30%, Empathy 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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The strongest emotional signals are Nostalgia, Empathy, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.
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Cast
Joey Anderson
Donny Flynn
Newsie
Mrs. Sullivan
Naturalist
Details
- Directed by
- Peter Care
- Written by
- Michael Petroni, Chris Fuhrman, Jeff Stockwell
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2002
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Nostalgia
- Data updated
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