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Name: Boys Don't Cry
Released: 1999-10-8
Cast: Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III, Alison Folland

Boys Don't Cry

R
1h 58m
1999

89%

age 17+

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Hilary Swank won an Oscar® for her courageous performance as Brandon Teena, born Teena Brandon, a woman who chooses to live her life as a man and suffers tragic consequences.

Director:

Kimberly Peirce

Producer:

Jeffrey Sharp, John Hart, Eva Kolodner, Christine Vachon

Writer:

Kimberly Peirce, Andy Bienen

Cast:

Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III, Alison Folland, Alicia Goranson, Matt McGrath, Rob Campbell, Jeanetta Arnette

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

89%

Critics Consensus: Harrowing yet stirring, Boys Don't Cry powerfully commemorates the life -- and brutally unjust death -- of transgender teen Brandon Teena.

Reviews

Bay Area Reporter

Brandon Judell

Now comes the cherry on the immortality cake, Kimberly Pierce's brilliant dramatic rendition of the tale of the girl who would be a man and love as one.

October 6, 2021

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World Socialist Web Site

David Walsh

Pierce was honest enough to take a hard look at the set of circumstances surrounding Brandon's death. One might say that through her artistic integrity she stumbled on the general tragedy surrounding the individual tragedy.

Scene after scene takes place on several emotional levels at once, with love, hate, confusion, courage, yearning, hopelessness, strength, and desperation all thrown into the mix.

Despite being one of the first major films to grapple with being transgender in America, Boys Don't Cry is neither self-congratulatory, heavy-handed, nor exploitative.

[VIDEO ESSAY] Kimberly Pierce's remarkable 1999 filmic version of Brandon Teena's last days is a scalding indictment of the kind of consciously ignorant intolerance that runs disgracefully through America's Heartland and Southern states.

June 22, 2017

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Common Sense Media

age 17+

Common Sense Says

Excellent but brutal drama examines life of transsexual man.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this film contains a lot of potentially upsetting material, and should be reserved for mature teenagers. There is a brutal sexual assault, a graphic murder, and a depiction of an emotionally abusive family. There are several non-violent sex scenes as well, involving the main character, a female-to-male transsexual. And there is plenty of substance abuse (pot and alcohol), petty crime (theft, car chases, forgery, etc.) and strong language, as well as an intense discussion of self-cutting. While the film is sympathetic to Brandon, some characters express strong homophobia sentiments which may be especially disturbing to gay, lesbian or transgendered teens.