that "much of the original intent and beauty of the film had been lost, due to studio interference." The film received negative reviews from critics. Terrence Rafferty of The New Yorker wrote, "Boys, subjected to self-fulfilling negative buzz, has received lukewarm-to-terrible reviews and has done no business. It deserves better. [...] Cochran is too eccentric to make a conventional comedy, yet unfortunately (in marketing terms), her style is too subtle and uninsistent to place her among the aggressively hip, genre-bending filmmakers of the Tarantino generation. The funny thing is, this young filmmaker may have a more deeply subversive sensibility than any of her celebrated peers." Boys holds a rating of 15% on Rotten Tomatoes from 27 reviews. Official soundtrack The soundtrack to the film was released on April 9, 1996. "She's Not There" - Cruel Sea "Alright" - Cast "Gotta Know Right Now" - Smoking Popes "Honeysimple" - Scarce "Wildwood" (Sheared Wood Mix) - Paul Weller, remixed by Portishead "Colored Water" - Orbit "Sad & Beautiful World" - Sparklehorse "Fading Fast" - Kelly Willis "Tell Her This" - Del Amitri "If I Didn't Love You" - Squeeze "Inside" - Slider "Wait for the Sun" - Supergrass "Belly Laugh" - Compulsion "Begging You" - The Stone Roses "Evade Chums" - Stewart Copeland References External links 1996 films 1990s teen drama films American romantic drama films American teen drama films 1990s Spanish-language films Films directed by Stacy Cochran Films shot in Baltimore Touchstone Pictures films Interscope Communications films PolyGram Filmed Entertainment films Films produced by Peter Frankfurt Films scored by Stewart Copeland 1996 drama films Films based on short fiction 1990s English-language films 1990s American films