Boys Don't Cry

Pros: Everything & the Symbolic References of the World.
Cons: Nothing I Can Think of.

In 1998 America, homosexuality was accepted in some parts of the U.S., notably the east and west coast. In Middle America, it was a different kind of story. That year, a Wyoming student named Matthew Shepard was killed by a group of hooligans in ...

Pros: Fabulous performances, good story
Cons: Violence, depressing

Every time I see Boys Don't Cry on a cable channel, I always stop and watch, for awhile anyway. I am always amazed and perplexed at how Hilary Swank pulled off the part of a young man- and to perfection. I love the cast of characters, as I ...

Pros: true story
Cons: hate crime ending

When I see something that has been reviewed 193 times, I usually avoid it, even if its something which I know a fair deal about. But when I started reading the top rated reviews for this movie, I was truly saddened by the stereotypes and misconceptions...

Pros: Actors portrayed characters well, wonderful cinematography
Cons: Could have used more background on Teena Brandon

Several years ago I read a book called "All She Wanted" by Aphrodite Jones. That book was the story of a young woman who was undergoing a sexual identity crisis. This woman, Teena Brandon, from Lincoln, Nebraska, was attempting to live her...

Pros: Hilary Swank's blisteringly raw performance leads an excellent cast
Cons: The central character's motives remain a frustrating enigma

Boys Don’t Cry is a movie about masks—the false faces people wear to cover deep-seated pain, desire or secrets.

Brandon Teena is a secretive individual who has a whole costume shop full of masks. One night in the early 1990s, Brandon...

Pros: very touching, emotional, and real
Cons: misrepresentaion of the true story, a somewhat not convincing Hillary Swank

After seeing the story about Teena Brandon on 20/20 (ABC) this past friday, I couldn't wait to run over to Blockbuster and rent Boys Don't Cry. Boys Don't Cry is based (loosely) on the story of Brandon, who was born a...

Pros: Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny, good acting, story development
Cons: harsh rape scene, bigotry

One cannot lead an easy life without the approval of society nor can one live a lie without consequences. Brandon Teena, or Teena Brandon was an individual unfortunate enough to discover that life is unfair to those who are sexually different. Based on...

Pros: The performances and reality.
Cons: The direction is only par?

When Boys Don't Cry got the Oscars that it got in 2000, the words my father said were, "How many people will stand before God..." "For what?" asked my mother. "Supporting lesbianism," he answered. Since then, my dad has seen the movie, ...

Pros: Outstanding performance by the assembled cast
Cons: Disjointed in places

Its easy to see why Hilary Swank (Last Karate Kid III, Beverly Hills 90210, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), won the Oscar for best actress in 1999 for her touching portrayal of Brandon Teena (Teena Brandon), the tortured, confused young woman who...

Pros: Poignant and thought provoking
Cons: None

I do not cry at movies. Having worked twenty-eight years in a big city high school, nothing much shocks me or horrifys me any more. After seeing this film, and knowing it is true, I amend this statement. How anyone could see this story so vividly...

Pros: Director Kimberly Peirce knows how to get out of the way of the material.
Cons: The film doesn't answer some very pressing questions.

Directed By Kimberly Peirce. Written By Kimberly Peirce and Andy Bienen. Hilary Swank (Brandon Teena) Chloe Sevigny (Lana Tisdale) Peter Saarsgard ...

Pros: Hillary Swank
Cons: True story, knew the ending

I picked out this video to watch alone. My husband did NOT want to watch it with me, although he kept coming into the room and asking me what was happening. That shows that even a movie with no appeal to the opposite sex, can captivate them also.
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Pros: Brilliant performance by Hillary Swank
Cons: Made me want to pierce my eyes

I'm a pretty insensitive guy. I don't mean that I'm a thuggish lout who wears sleeveless T shirts and yells at my woman for my nightly chicken pot pie and six pack, I mean that the American media has succeeded in its tireless efforts to inure me to a...

Pros: Powerful portrayal of a troubled person by Hillary Swank
Cons: You know this is a true story

Well to begin with I'm no great movie reviewer or anything but I just felt I had to tell you about this movie.

First off...This was a very powerful movie in the fact that you know this was a true story. I had heard about this girls life on...

Pros: Hilary Swank and Chloe Sevigny are brilliant
Cons: Simple-minded interpretation of the story

SPOILERS THROUGHOUT.

During a recent talk show appearance, Boys Don't Cry director Kimberly Peirce expressed outrage towards the impending execution of John Lotter, a co-conspirator of Teena Brandon's murder. Her televised defense of the...