Hilary Swank

Chloë Sevigny

Peter Sarsgaard

Brendan Sexton III

Alicia Goranson

Alison Folland

Jeannetta Arnette

Rob Campbell

Matt McGrath

Cheyenne Rushing

Robert Prentiss

Josh Ridgway

Craig Erickson

Stephanie Sechrist

Jerry Haynes

Lou Perryman

Lisa Renee Wilson

Jackson D. Kane

Joseph Gibson

Michael Tripp

Shana McClendon

Libby Villari

Paige Carl Griggs

Gail Cronauer

Guilford Adams

Christophe Dahlkvist

Taylor Eaves

Michelle Fairbanks

Gabriel Horn

Gavin Perry

Robert A. Steffenino

Caitlin Wehrle

Eva Kolodner

Tracy Granger

Christine Vachon

Jim Denault

Nathan Larson

Michael Shaw

Jon Marcus

Kimberly Peirce

Jill Footlick

John N. Hart

Jeffrey Sharp

Caroline Kaplan

John Sloss

Lee Percy

Jonathan Sehring

Pamela Koffler

Brad Simpson

Jeff Francis

Kalen Hoyle

Angela Angel

Andy Bienen

Kerrie R. Plant

Jane Choi

Renee Lecuyer

Morton Swinsky

Jennifer McNamara

Vicki Farrell

Shawn Carroll

Kerry Barden

Billy Hopkins

Suzanne Smith Crowley

Russell Towery

Tim Buchanan

Ben Loggins

Diane Towery

Jack Bennett

Jim LaClair

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Boys Don't Cry

Fox Searchlight Pictures

IFC Productions

Killer Films

Hart-Sharp Entertainment

United States of America

English

small town

rape

identity

based on true story

romance

love

friends

murder

anger

hate crime

woman director

nebraska

trans man

small town murder

transphobia

gender identity

1990s

rural town

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 and Chloë Sevigny are outstanding, and Peirce handles the darkest scenes in the movie with a grace and tact that deserves applause. 

A tale that needed to be told, even in truncated form, Boys Don't Cry is fine cinema making. 8/10

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 a very brave person, worth living more than "boys from gangs" without any drop of emotion and understanding others, in themselves.

Person is changing during his life. People are changing during universal time. This is part of so called evolution. Not necessary revolution!

Be who you are :)

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THE BLUEST EYES IN TEXAS

The lonesome Texas sun was setting low
And in the rear view mirror I watched it go
I can still see the wind in her golden hair
I close my eyes for a moment, I'm still here

The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill
The midnight sky
Her memory fills my mind
(Where did I go wrong)
Did I wait too long
Or can I make it right
The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight

Another town, another hotel room
Another dream that ended way too soon
Left me lonely way before the dawn
Searching for the strength to carry on

The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill
The midnight sky
Her memory fills my mind
(Where did I go wrong)
Did I wait too long
Or can I make it right
The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight

For every heart you break
You pay a price
But I can't forget the tears
In her blue eyes

The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill
The midnight sky
Her memory fills my mind
(Where did I go wrong)
Did I wait too long
How can I make it right
The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight

The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight

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Review written by Asa_movies (Tanja)

Boys Don't Cry( 1999)

A true story about finding the courage to be yourself.

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