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Boys Don't Cry (1999)
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When Brandon Teena, a young man with an infectious, aw-shucks grin and an angelic face that's all angles, wanders into Falls City, Nebraska, he takes to the town like it's a second skin. In little time he's fallen in with a gang of goofy if temperamental redneck boys, found himself a girlfriend, and befriended enough people to form something of a small family. In fact, it's the best time Brandon's ever had. However, there are shadows looming over Brandon's life: a court date for grand theft auto, a checkered criminal record, and a seemingly innocuous speeding ticket that could prove to be his undoing. Why? Because as it turns out, Brandon...
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Two-time Oscar winner Hillary Swank WAS Brandon. There just wasn't any doubt about it. She gave one of the most powerful and magnificent performances on the screen. There is no not knowing the pain, the fear, the anguish of someone who is struggling with their sexual identity after seeing this magnificent film.
Chloë...
(complete Boys Don't Cry review by Movie Addict)
| Boys Don't Cry Movie Review by Sage (7/31/2007) |
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Boys don't Cry is a love story which goes way beond the normal bounds, it is love mixed with misunderstanding and uncalculated revenge. This film describes how incredibly complex the human mentality can be. There could not have been better actors, and more real characters. The plot was refreshingly original, with such raw...
(complete Boys Don't Cry review by Sage)
This brilliant film by post-feminist indie filmmaker Kimberly Peirce tells the true story of Teena Brandon, a Texas woman with a sexual identity crisis who dressed as a man and called herself Brandon Teena while trying to fit in with a rough crowd in Nebraska. This is a modern tragic tale of love, betrayal, violence and...
(complete Boys Don't Cry review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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