Nice effects though.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Powerful, terrible, true. This is the story of a boy who was full of love but could not live because the world was too full of hate. Every performance is subtle and heartfelt. Perhaps the casting would be considered problematic now, but please consider that in 1999, Hilary Swank wasn't a big movie star looking for an attention-getting role. She was a serious actress given the then almost nonexistent to work on something deeply powerful about an oppressed community, and she put her whole self into it. The writing and directing are so empathetic, this is a shining achievement in the pantheon of queer cinema.

This is a disgusting mess of a film about repulsive people. It's a badly-acted film about underclass, violent, reckless idiots.It's a disgrace that Hilary Swank won the Academy Award for Best Actress, which should have gone to Julianne Moore for her brilliant role in The End of the Affair.

This movie directed by Kimberly Peirce, dramatizes the tragic events that took place in December 1993 in Lincoln, Nebraska and made news headlines around the nation. This film follows 21-year old girl named Teena Brandon (played by Hilary Swank) who lives with her cousin Lonny (played by Matt McGrath) in Lincoln, Nebraska. Sporting a short hairstyle, platted shirt, jeans, and some boots, Teena adopts a male identity and goes under the 'Brandon Teena'. He begins living his life as a boy and travels to a small of Falls City, Nebraska where he attempts to true love and falls in love with beautiful girl named Lana Tisdel (played by Chloe Sevigny). Making an effort to keep his true gender a secret, Brandon ventures his nights through drinking, sex, and street racing with Lana and her friends Candice (played by Alicia Goranson), John Lotter (played by Peter Sarsgard), and Tom Nissen (played by Brenden Sexton). However, when everyone soon discovers he is hiding his true gender, his life makes a turn for the worse and his relationship with Lana is deeply put to the test. The title of the film is taken from 'Boys Don't Cry" by the rock band The Cure.This film tackles on some heavy subject matter about transgender and the story is very thought-provoking enough for viewers raise questions dealing with the subject matter, especially since this is based on events that happened in real life. Director Kimberly Peirce and the writers with the story as well as the characters very genuine and maturely, and I think it pays a good tribute to the real-life story of Teena Brandon. The characters are beautifully written, the main character Brandon Teena (or Teena Brandon) in particular, and the story really comes to life by an amazing, if not excellent script. Hilary Swank's performance is nothing short of fantastic, she really brings such light to her role and viewers can tell that she is really committed to the role. The fact that she won an Oscar for her performance is no surprise. The rest of cast did quite a credible job as well. Then the story moves pretty good throughout its the film's run and manages to stay intriguing for the most time. The first half of the film is very light-hearted and soft-spoken, then the second half gets quite powerful and upsetting in tone. As the themes of the film are heavy, there are some scenes that get quite poignant and aggressively uncomfortable to watch, especially for viewers who have dealt with similar situations. But overall, this film really honest and grounded in a way where viewers are able to connect with the characters and the story. The only real flaw with the film is that it fails to explain the reason behind the Brandon's transgender or her background that gives hints as to why she adopted a male identity to begin with.Boys Don't Cry is a powerful and thought-provoking. The performances are amazing and the writing is quite awe-inspiring. This is a film that is important to watch, but something I would only recommend to mature viewers due to the intense subject matter and tone that not all viewers could handle too easy.

I love to run into some independent gem of a project like this. Otherwise, based on the true story of a young transsexual who was killed 1993rd year this movie is very good view of such problems, and great adversity and illustrates the problems that these people face. Although I am quite conservative in terms of such things, and therefore I long refused to look at this little masterpiece is incredible influence on me and I pretty much touched. Watching him, I realized that I watched it a long time ago but it seems to me not entirely. Filmed for "all" $ 2,000,000 this movie exudes emotion and crawl under the skin of the viewer as much as he is conservative and a cold heart. Starring double Oscar winner Hilary Swank, which is just for this movie won one of his two Oscars. And deservedly so, its transformation and acting are perfect, I think this is what really hard to fake it, one has to change the look and physiognomy but the other is able to behave like the opposite sex as Hilary here makes perfect. When I watched it for the first time, it seems to me, I did not know that role is played by a woman, but I thought it was a boy, it speaks for itself, and now I do not know Swank question whether I could discern whether the actor or actress. Swank's role or get in front of hundreds of candidates and interesting way, lies. She lied about her age in fact when they asked her why she did it she said she would do the same and Brandon (the main protagonist of the film, which often has a lie in order to conceal his true identity). A film that leaves you breathless and which will, I believe, always be current because of the sensitive topics he covers. I think that movie, without exaggeration, has the power to make the viewer a better person because it knows how to win the sympathy of the same that simply must develop empathy with the main character, whether he wants it or not. Not many movie like this can get into the psyche of the viewer, forcing some to reconsider their views and thoughts, and they may even change. Once again, all praise DIRECTOR Peirce, Swank and other cast in this superb achievement. Great recommendation for all, even for those most committed