The film's description of the protagonist's personal life is too rough, and the details of the story are told too quickly and somewhat loosely, which has a greater impact and even obscures the initial shock of the film.
"Boys dont cry" failed to show this subject well. This film is all preaching and lacks excitement.
Brandon's story was once a hot topic in countless magazines, and it was made into a documentary and screened at the Gay Film Festival. Kimberly Pierce directed this "Boys dont cry", on the basis of keeping the main plot true, the story is dramatized, so that every main character is three-dimensional-she even discovered the humanity in John and Tom. The film explores the ambivalence of the younger generation in the United States in a very realistic way. Behind the chaos, lust and murder, we see a brave man looking for love, self, and a place that can be called home. The lyrical way is not public, and the actor's feelings are also very delicate. Hilary Swank 's performance gave people a shocking surprise, and he was well-deserved by the Oscar actress. "Boys dont cry" also has some flaws. For example, the scenes of Brandon escaping from John and Tom, which appear many times in the film, are very procrastinated. Although Hilary Swank played Brandon is true and credible, director Pierce's description of the protagonist is not sufficient. It seems that she has found too many contradictions in her research on Brandon, so she cannot penetrate into the heart of such a woman who sees herself as a man rather than a homosexual. Brandon was ultimately portrayed as a victim, the object of his friends' inner fears, rather than a person who is fully understood. The true emotional center of this movie is Lana, which is also Chloe Sevigny's best performance to date.
"Boys dont cry" is a very deep and critical movie. This movie is really long and difficult to understand. It makes you sit there waiting for the most rude atrocity to happen, but all of this is driven by the performance of an incomparably glorious humanity, which is enough to shock you. Heart. Hidden under the plot of this crime movie is exactly what this movie wants to convey: your nature is your law, no matter where it points, you must follow it.
