Review of Boys Don't Cry

10/10
Awesome, frightening, sad, eye-opening flick about transgendered people in closed-minded, small town America
27 October 1999
Warning: Spoilers
I was touched and stunned by this awesome work of art. "Boys Don't Cry" is the story of Brandon Teena's fight to be who he was, and his search for exactly how to get there. In Lincoln, NE..or Falls City, NE where he was murdered, no one around him, except his girlfriend offered support for who he was (-a young transgendered man who was born with the genitals of a female). He was scorned, ridiculed, raped, and ultimately murdered at age 21..just because he was a little different, and because tolerance for those who were different just isn't always part of small town life in Nebraska, USA.

>I haven't cried at a movie in several years, at least. I cried several times during the course of this powerful movie. See it. And when it comes to cable watch it. And when it comes to video rent it. And when it comes to DVD/video for sale, buy it. If it's on Pay Per View, order it.

Newsweek, The New York Times, and other serious publications have deemed this an amazing film, and how much more so an amazing FIRST film.
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