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Boys Don't Cry (1999)

R 09/02/1999 Crime, Drama 1h 58m
74%
User
Score
7.5/10
91%
86/100

A true story about finding the courage to be yourself.

Overview

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

Kimberly Peirce

Director

Andy Bienen

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Hilary Swank

Hilary Swank

Brandon Teena

Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny

Lana Tisdel

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

John Lotter

Brendan Sexton III

Brendan Sexton III

Tom Nissen

Alicia Goranson

Alicia Goranson

Candace

Alison Folland

Alison Folland

Kate

Jeannetta Arnette

Jeannetta Arnette

Lana's Mom

Rob Campbell

Rob Campbell

Brian

Matt McGrath

Matt McGrath

Lonny

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on February 22, 2016

You don't seem like you're from around here.

It's one of those films that any film lover has to see to judge for themselves. A critical darling and an award winner, it's a film of undoubted emotional power. It is based on the tragic case of Teena Brandon (Hilary Swank) who was raped and murdered in 1993, it would become one of the significant cases of hate crime in American history.

From the off Kimberly Peirce's film sets out its stall that we are in bleak territory, and so it proves. It dangles little shards of light, but constantly it proves uncompromising and unpleasant. There's a nagging irk that main characters are very thinly drawn, where motives are given short shrift, and this is bizarre given that the pic runs for nearly two hours. However, the performances of both Swank an...

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A review by Asa_movies

Written on April 3, 2017

The atmosphere completely different from that nowadays. This was probably the first time for man to express his own feelings and sexual identity in public. So, it was something like a Big Bang for people who experienced fact that some of their kith are "such a weirdos".
If you compare understanding of people today and only about 2 decades ago you can see that struggle for freedom and equality always exists, but they're a bit different. I may say the sexual revolution has just started and, if you compare some movie from 2000th, 2020th and (probably) 2040th, you will see people are starting to be more aware of changing in global sexual situation and, what is more important, it won't be taboo topic in the future.


Kimberly Pierce made Teena Brandon being born-girl, living-boy. Teena was ...

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