Boys Don't Cry

Advantages: great contect, excellent cast
Disadvantages: is not suitable for everyone, violence

Charles Brayman and Brandon Teena have everything in common. These are in fact aliases used by Teena Brandon, a transgendered teen who has been hiding the truth about her identity from most of her peers - including her new girlfriend Lana Tisdale. Although posing as a male, "Brandon" is still legally a female. Living in an area known for it's dangerously low tolerance in regards to race and alternative lifestyles, and against the advice of a friend's ... Read review

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: Some scene are not suitable for under age

TITLE: Boys Don't Cry MAIN CHARACTER: Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena Chloe Sevigny as Lana Tis LANGUAGE: English THEME: Drama, Psychological Drama STORY: This is based from a true to life story of Brandon Teena. Brandon though and basically in gender a real girl, but she finds her self like a real man trapped in a woman's body. She wears jeans and boots, cuts her hair short. And almost all the people in town treats and regarded her as a ... Read review

Advantages: great story
Disadvantages: extreme violence

If you're emotionally weak, then this movie is not for you. What a tragic movie based on real life of a transgendered woman. This movie is full of turmoil that after watching it you'll feel disturbed. It has a great storyline, director Kimberly Peirce did a great job in executing intense emotions with every character. Hilary Swank truly deserves the Oscar's Best Actress Award for her performance, she deliberately gave out all her best. I salute the ... Read review

Advantages: story really happened
Disadvantages: scenes too violent

The first time I saw this movie, I was really struck by some scene, that are exaggerately violent and gruesome. Then, watching it again, I appreciated the plot, that's very sad and touching. it tells the real story of tina brandon, a transexual "female to male", played by the great actress hilary swank, who falls in love with a pretty girl.. at first, this girl is persuaded to love a boy, but when she finds out the truth, she does not leave brandon ... Read review

Advantages: interesting
Disadvantages: none

Actors: Hilary Swank ( Brandon Teena) Chloë Sevigny ( Lana Tis). Boys don´t cry (1999). The famouse actress Hilary Swank(one million dollar baby), is the principal character of this drama and suspence movie. Hilary (brandon) , is a girls that is called teene, but she called her self brandon. She founds that she wants to live her life like a boy ,and not like a girl, so she cutted her hair and dressed up like a boy. In the movie she ... Read review