Boys Don't Cry 1999

Critics score:
88 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Roger Ebert, At the Movies: One of the best films of the year! Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: [Hilary Swank] has come out of nowhere to deliver one of the year's finest pieces of acting. Read more

Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune: A stirring, emotionally true testament to foolish bravery as well as shameful evidence of the severity with which it is so often punished. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Stunning. Read more

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Director Pierce and Bienen and the expert cast engage us in the actuality of these rootless, hopeless, stoned-out lives without sentimentalizing or romanticizing them. Read more

Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle: Powerful and unpretentious. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Lyrical and galvanizing. Read more

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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Read more

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: The film is framed, too unquestioningly, as a transgender Rebel Without a Cause, with Brandon the martyred innocent who dies for her infatuations. Read more

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Emanuel Levy, Variety: Flawless acting by the ensemble. Read more

Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: Driven by performances of such luminous humanity that they break your heart. Read more