movie review - Boys Don't Cry
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Sydney, 2000.11.20
This is a brutal telling of a true story about a lesbian who finds life livable in the guise of a man. She's only 21, but has wracked up enough trouble by the time she finds herself in a small Texan town, where she falls in love with a local girl.
Things goes horribly, horribly wrong for the heroine in this brutal flick, and it's not for the faint of heart. This movie is genius - it's the one that's stuck in my mind more than any other I've seen this year. Swank deservedly won an Oscar for the lead role.
Recommended.