Boys Don't CryMovie Reviews

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• Must Go!
  Written May 16, 2009

  BOYS DON'T CRY = Intense real Life Drama

  by lugubriousthespian

  Thought-provoking and multi-layered filming of the infamous life and death of "Brandon Teena" who was a troubled woman who passed herself off as a man in rural Texas only to become the victim of a brutal hate crime. Sensationalistic in tone, the film steers away from obvious sentimentality to provide a direct but haunting examination of a life gone terribly worng. Many lives actually as Brandon (marvelously portrayed by Hillary Swank in her first Oscar-winning performance) infiltrates the existences of many she encounters shortly before her tragic demise, especialy the young, disillusioned woman she falls in love with (played with realistic fervor by Chloe Sevigny) and two psychotic, homophobic rednecks headed by Peter Saarsgard. The atmospheric music throughout echoes a very primal theme of desire and needing to be needed. Excellent Indie film any way you dissect it...

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  Written July 24, 2009

  by silvercloud9

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• I'll Pass
  Written January 31, 2010

  by schatze82

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• So-so
  Written October 25, 2008

  by universeeye

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• Oh No!
  Written November 16, 2009

  by amtoy

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  Written January 5, 2009

  by lumberjack0125

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• I'll Pass
  Written June 3, 2010

  by mcrocks112

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• I'll Pass
  Written September 2, 2010

  by Asprezian

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• Must Go!
  Written October 7, 2010

  by CAPTMVLV

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  Written November 12, 2008

  by Chuzzlewit

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  Written August 28, 2008

  by golden123

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• I'll Pass
  Written December 1, 2008

  by Goff

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• I'm In
  Written October 1, 2010

  by CBaire5

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• So-so
  Written November 18, 2008

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  Written August 3, 2009

  by ManuelDeclet

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