The movie is quite a drab till the last few reels with Brandon (Hillary Swank) looking with a lesbian lust at all and everyone in the bar. Words are far and apart and when spoken-is gibberish. You need a GPS system to know what the hell is happening where in Midwest. This should have been a suspense movie, the suspense being-when Brandon will be exposed? when Lana's mother examines him closely? in the prison? but the writers (mediocre with no humor in the dialogs) were clever in putting that puzzle to the last. Hillary Swank (as Brandon) is not the most attractive or femme-fatale in Hollywood, and she didn't need much makeover to be cute looking "Claude Raines". She is not an Oscar material (She is not Charlize Theron in "Monster") but morons in Hollywood. who vote for Oscars, are a close knit dumb-asses who give Oscars to "Slumdog Millionaire" have no class or taste left. None of the other characters are appealing-the usual smoking, drinking and speeding kind, as seen in a bunch of Hollywood movies, but this is not "American Graffiti" by any strech. The ending is quite disturbing and poignant at the same time, since both characters seem to have lot in common with their sexual and social identity, but the fate had different plans. The movie is touching since this was a real story-albeit boringly told.
Review of Boys Don't Cry
