Rotten
The film holds their Disney songs in such high esteem, and discusses them with such little context, that The Boys sometimes feels as though it is set in Disneyland, not the real world.
Dan Kois, Washington Post
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Brothers, partners, strangers
2009 · 1h 41m · PG
Documentary, Music
Directed by
Gregory V. Sherman
,
Jeff Sherman
Overview
The troubled fraternal relationship between songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, the Oscar and Grammy-winning Sherman Brothers, famous for the iconic hits they wrote for Disney.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The story of the men who wrote them in the golden age of Walt Disney Studios' movie musicals, brothers Robert and Richard Sherman, is one of the most fascinating chronicles of creative partnership never told.
Greg Quill, Toronto Star
Fresh
A touching and illuminating documentary about the songwriting duo.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Fresh
An excellent film -- entertaining and informative and sometimes stunning in its display of the personal demons shared by these two geniuses.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
An absorbing study in creative tension.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
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