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| Boys Don't Cry | 05 Nov 99 |
Indie films tend to be a bit full of themselves, with an ego larger than the story and its telling can support. This time we've got the reverse - a good story, great writing and performances, wonderful cinematography and editing, and it all could have supported a tiny bit more subtext on top of the true story that the film so nicely conveys. Perhaps just a line or two from a doctor or officer or someone one step removed from the main story could have given quite a bit of depth to our outsider's view of this world. But it's a minor omission from what is really quite an accomplishment. A-