On contrary! Movies based on real events often rely too heavily on real-life events and forget the cinematographic part. Boys don't cry has little to show besides the story, that is not oh-so great if you're not provoked by it's "provoking" topic. I think people overrate this movie in fear of being considered ignorant of it's committed topic. All in all: it's not (that) bad movie - acting is ok, but the movie as whole is choking. And it's overrated. I saw another far less pretentious "sexual identity" topic based movie the same week I saw this one and I liked the other one better. Hint: Fucking Amal!
Review of Boys Don't Cry
