
Boys
The plot follows John Baker Jr. (played by Lukas Haas) as a boy who is bored with his life at an upper middle class boarding school that he attends. He is equally dissatisfied and unmotivated by the prospect of the expected future of operating a family chain of grocery stores.
Seeing no point in going to school any longer, he believes that with a zero attendance record just for being three minutes late, he may as well skip the entire class altogether. As his graduation from the boarding school looms near, his life changes exponentially when he rescues a woman in a field who is lying unconscious. Patty Vare (played by Winona Ryder) later regains consciousness in John's dormitory.
Before passing out, she tells John that she has no intention of going to a doctor. The next morning, after appearing to have recovered completely, she and John embark upon a romantic journey of self-discovery. However, as she is hidden in the dorm, the other boys quickly discover her. Jealousy causes a confrontation between the boys, John and Patty - and the inevitable altercation ensues.
There are continual flashbacks of Patty's past, revealing that she had a relationship with mysterious, yet famous baseball player. They steal a car, which leads up to his death after a car crash while they were both drinking. Authorities are now searching for Patty for questioning, which is why she refused to have any medical attention. Patty ultimately admits all of these details to John, while informing law enforcement of the body and car location, which had crashed into the river.
While at the police station where Patty is making her confession, she and John unexpectedly depart in an attempt to escape Patty's controlling father (played by Chris Cooper). They drive off, Bonnie and Clyde style, in a car that John had stolen from the school earlier.

- Cast
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Winona Ryder, Lukas Haas, John C. Reilly, James Le Gros
- Studio
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Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
- Director
- Stacy Cochran
- Produced By
- Paul Feldsher, Peter Frankfurt, Erica Huggins
- Language
- English
