BOYS DON'T CRY Starring Hilary Swank as Teena Brandon. Directed by Kimberley Peirce. In 1993, Brandon Teena, a teenage drifter who was famous locally for romancing the females in Falls City, Nebraska, was found shot dead in a farmhouse just out of the town. But Brandon, despite his reputation with females, wasn't actually a man at all. "He" was Teena Brandon, a young woman who was gender-confused. She had managed to pass as a man with …showed first 75 words of 792 total…

…showed last 75 words of 792 total…applauding Hilary's win hadn't even seen the film. It had only been in small cinemas, it hadn't been a major box-office smash. If you're looking for light-hearted entertainment, this movie is not for you. If you wish to delve into the darker side of human nature, then watch this movie. Watching the ignorance, combined with the fear and jealousy resulting in murder, is chilling to the bone, this movie is only for the emotionally robust.