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Boys Don't Cry (1999)

MPAA Rating: R

Rated R for violence including an intense brutal rape scene, sexuality, language and drug use

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Profanity Nudity Sex Violence Drugs
Extreme, deity, sexual, other Abundant, female, full; male rear Abundant, intense, graphic, conversation, homosexual, unmarried sex, oral sex, gender identity issues Abundant, intense, graphic, beating, bloody/gore, child abuse, emotional, fistfights, shooting, stabbing, rape, implied self mutilation Drugs & alcohol, abundant, accepted; tobacco use, underage drinking, inhaling propellant from spray cans

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Synopsis: A young woman posing as a man, tries to keep her sexual identity a secret from her new found friends and a woman she has become romantically involved with.
Genre: Drama
Color: Color
Length: 114 minutes
Country: US
Studio/Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Major People
  • Hilary Swank (Actor)
  • Chloe Sevigny (Actor)
Critics Ratings
  • Roger Ebert: 4.0
  • USA Today: 3.0
  • Reel: 3.5
  • Critic Average Rating: 3.5

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