'History. It's just one thing after another.'
Originally The History Boys was written for the theater and it was a huge success there. It played in West End and Broadway, where it received numerous awards. I must admit, I never made it to the theater to see it. And I do regret it. A lot. Because I enjoyed the movie.
This comic drama is centered on a group of students trying to get into Oxbridge University. Alan Bennett wrote about history in a remarkably witty way. Had I been taught this way in high school I might have picked some stuff up too. However, not everyone's so lucky. There's a wast pool of knowledge in this film. With wonderful quotations from Shakespeare, Larkin and Hardy. There's even an entire scene in French. The teachers in the film deal with topics like, how to apply the knowledge to life? how to interpret history? how to use the knowledge you have to your best advantage? It's all very relevant and very well put together. It's a charming movie. Wonderfully English, and witty in the best sense of the word.
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