Boys Don't Cry
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Movie Reviews of Boys Don't Cry
Movie Review: love
Summary: 5 Stars
this is one of my top 5 movies of all times - a true jewel! a piece about humanity and, above all: about love. not your everyday romantic love sported in our ever so popular romantic comedies, of course, but rather about the basic human love for another human being. in the middle of all that trash its edges are even more defined. Movie Review: Boys Don't Cry
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie was great. Taking a deep look at those who suffer from "identity crisis." Actress, Hilary Swank ( leading actress ) made this movie a success. This movie was very intense, and graphic in nature. A definite buy!Movie Review: "Boy Girl" who fails to be a "Bad Boy"
Summary: 5 Stars
Even when a "girl" suffers from sexual identity crisis and decides to change its gender, she would rarely if ever adopt the cruel "boy code" or place herself into the "gender straightjacket" which would limit her compassion and kindness (terms used and described in details by the author of the "Real Boys")
Yes, Brandon tried to act like a "bad boy" by stealing, cheating, lying etc... Yes, Brandon tried to show some macho characteristics when she rode the truck or engaged in the fight. Brandon is definitely more courageous than many boys would be when she comes out the hiding in the last scene to defend her host from the vicious attack.
However Brandon in contrast to her male "friends" maintains sane limits in what she is willing to do to prove her masculinity. For example she would not keep on moving away from police in spite of great danger of crash (she'd already drove much too recklessly than she would ever felt comfortable with, under the pressure of her macho-crazy "friends" ) .In another scene she would rather admit that she's a "wuss" than mutilate her with the knife to prove her "machismo".
In short, despite many "bad boy" characteristics that Brandon incorporates, she's at heart a "good", "caring" "gentle" boy-girl who is not afraid to cry. She's tragically raped and killed by the men who felt their "male honor" insulted. While her killers might had been born psychopaths, the society is in part to blame for sanctioning "macho boys" and shaming "boys who cry".
Movie Review: A Brutal Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
This film recounts the final days in the life of Brandon Teena born Teena Brandon, a young woman posing as a man to live the life she knew she should. The fact that this is a true story resonates deep and makes watching this film all that much more gripping and then heart breaking as it spirals towards its brutal final frames. Brandon (Swank in a riviting performance) moves to Nebrasca to start her life over, getting involved with all the wrong crowd and falling in love with the wrong girl (Chloe Sevigny who just does brilliantly here), a girl once involved with the town bad@$$ played by Peter Sarsgaard in yet another Oscar snubbed performance. Brandon befriends all of these people, even residing with some of them, until her secret is revieled and her life is tragically changed. The acting in this film carries it to the next level by making you feel emotions you would never feel otherwise. It's heartwrenching as you expirience life through this womans eyes and see what she sees, feel what she feels and watch as her life comes smashing down on her. I think we take our lives for granted when we live simple excepted lives, lives that never get a frown or a dirty look or a comment behind our back, or in the case of Brandon Teena, a bullet in the chest. We just go on living and never give it a second thought. I feel that whether you agree with the live choices that Brandon/Teena made her story will still resonate deep because she did what she believed she should and was judged unjustly for that. She never deserved what she got and yet she didn't have a say in the matter. I cried like a baby at the end of this tragic film, as I think anyone with a heart will.Movie Review: Poignant
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a movie that is not afraid to take you places, some of the scariest, but also some of the most wonderful places of the heart. Hilary Swank is brilliant in this picture about a gender confused teen who is trying to find herself in a very turbulent world. I can see why Clint Eastwood picked Swank for "Million Dollar Baby." She is the perfect choice for both pictures.
Peter Saarsguard as John, one of the redneck bad boys in the film, is absolutely chilling. His ignorance, paranoia and anger are very real on the screen.