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October 8, 1999 |
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Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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114 min |
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Overwiew :Based on actual events. Brandon Teena is the popular new guy in a tiny Nebraska town. He hangs out with the guys, drinking, cussing, and bumper surfing, and he charms the young women, who've never met a more sensitive and considerate young man. Life is good for Brandon, now that he's one of the guys and dating hometown beauty Lana. However, he's forgotten to mention one important detail. It's not that he's wanted in another town for GTA and other assorted crimes, but that Brandon Teena was actually born a woman named Teena Brandon. When his best friends make this discovery, Brandon's life is ripped apart by betrayal, humiliation, rape, and murder. |
Starring :
Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton, Alison Folland
Directors :
Kimberly Peirce
Producers :
Pamela Koffler, Jonathan Sehring, Caroline Kaplan
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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : Sitting in a theater watching Boys Don't Cry is like observing a speeding train rushing headlong towards a certain crash. The ending, a matter of recent historical record, assures that there will be no room for an upbeat twist. We view events with a growing sense of discomfort as the inevitable catastrophe looms nearer. In her script and with her direction, Pierce has taken pains to avoid even the slightest hint of exploitation and sensationalization. Ultimately, she tells a story of great human tragedy - one that has happened before and is almost certain to be repeated more than once in the years to come. What human beings do not understand, they destroy. more...
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3.5/
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www.toxicuniverse.com - : Boys Don't Cry is one of the best movies of 1999. Based on the true story of Teena Brandon/Brandon Teena, most everyone already knows that the main character is the victim of a hate crime against a girl who dares cross the gender boundaries allowable in a tiny Nebraska town, where the major events are drinking beer and bumper-surfing. more...
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : One of the many virtues of ''Boys Don't Cry,'' one of the best films of the year, is that never once does it supply the tiresome phrase, ''I am a man trapped in a woman's body.'' Its motto instead could be, ''Girls just wanna have fun.'' Teena Brandon doesn't think of herself as a sexual case study; nothing in her background has given her that vocabulary. more...
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4/4
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