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Boys Don't Cry, 1999

Starring: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny

Directed by: Kimberly Peirce

Written by: Kimberly Peirce

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 118 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.5

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The mood of Boys Don't Cry is bleak, emotional, and touching. The plot centers around being transsexual, tragic love, and hidden identities. It is a drama and independent movie. Stylistically, Boys Don't Cry stars a strong female character, includes a voice over, and is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a small town. Boys Don't Cry is set in Nebraska. It happens in the 1990s. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. Boys Don't Cry is known for being an Oscar winner and critically acclaimed. Note that it includes , drugs/alcohol, and sexual content.

Summary of Boys Don't Cry

Kimberly Peirce's directorial debut tells the gut-wrenching true story of Teena Brandon, a Midwestern female who disguised herself as a man. Relocating to Falls City, Nebraska, from Lincoln, she managed to convince her newfound group of friends that she was Brandon Teena. The film treats these events with a painful objectivism, as Brandon's relationships with her friends John, Tom, Kate, Candace, and Lana unfold toward their inevitably horrific conclusion. A shining example of independent filmmaking at its most impassioned.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	October 1999
Runtime:	118 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

Awards

Hilary Swank for Best Actress at the 1999 Academy Awards

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Hilary Swank

as Brandon Teena

Chloë Sevigny

as Lana Tisdel

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Chloe Sevigny as Lana and Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1999)

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Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena and Chloe Sevigny as Lana in Boys Don't Cry (1999)

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Chloe Sevigny as Lana in Boys Don't Cry (1999)

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Variety

The poignant and candid Boys Don't Cry can be seen as a "Rebel Without a Cause" for these culturally diverse and complex times, with the two misfit girls enacting a version of the James Dean/Natalie Wood romance with utmost conviction. Full Review

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by: Emanuel Levy

The New York Times

Stunning...a film much tougher and more transfixing than its wan title. Full Review

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by: Elvis Mitchell

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SPOILER ALERT.....I Gave this film only 3 Stars because it is so hard to watch and that it is a true story. Teena Brandon played brilliantly by Hilary Swank is murdered in the end and is brutally raped by guys who once thought that Teena was a male... Read and rate it

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by: Netflowers
Netflowers rated this movie0/10

Hilary Swank in the role of her life

a true spine-tingling story, rough and touching, you just can't stay indifferent. Hilary Swank's acting is simply perfect. not an easy watch but the drama it provides worth every second. I'll probably cry again and again every time I'll watch it. Read and rate it

08.November.2008
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by: Noa
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