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- Director Kimberly Peirce has made a very good film, neither a bland elegy or a sordid true-crime drama. Brandon comes off as both heroic and troubled, and each supporting character is full-fleshed and sympathetic. Swank's performance is stellar, and earned the actress her first Oscar.
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Oct 21, 2019 · As the first film to introduce mainstream audiences to a transgender man, Boys Don't Cry was a landmark, says Nick Adams, director of transgender representation at GLAAD.
- Allyson Mccabe
Boys Don't Cry: Directed by Kimberly Peirce. With Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III. A young transgender man named Brandon navigates love, life, and trying to pass as a boy in rural Nebraska.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Kimberly Peirce
- 2000-03-31
Excellent but brutal drama examines life of transsexual man. Read Common Sense Media's Boys Don't Cry review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Kimberly Peirce
- Will Fertman
- Chloe Sevigny, Hilary Swank, Peter Sarsgaard
The film features fantastic performances aplenty and very raw storytelling, visualized by neorealist style and low lighting. Direct references were the films of Martin Scorcese and John Cassavetes, but Boys Don't Cry has its own blend of beauty and cruelty to take pride in. What stands out.
- Female Director, Kimberly Peirce
- Savina Petkova
- Alicia Goranson
Oct 9, 2019 · Oct. 9, 2019. When it was released in October 1999, “Boys Don’t Cry” was the first mainstream film to focus on a transgender man. Twenty years later, it’s still the rare feature to cent er on...
"Boys Don't Cry" was actually a good movie with a disturbing, but also interesting subject. Brendon Teena pretends to be a boy but is actually a girl called Teena Brandon who is waiting for a sex change.
Sep 9, 2019 · Picking up the news story of a Nebraskan trans man who was the victim of brutal hate crimes in 1993, Boys Don’t Cry came out long after many viewers would’ve heard the basics in national newspapers.
