Review of The Brandon Teena Story (1998) by Alex Sandell for Juicy Cerebellum — 31 Mar 2003

Poorly done documentary. Rent 'Girls Don't Cry' instead.

This review of The Brandon Teena Story (1998) was written by Alex Sandell and published by Juicy Cerebellum on 31 Mar 2003.

The Brandon Teena Story has generally received positive reviews.

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I SAW IT'S SO SAD AND YOU HAVE TO SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE IT TOO…

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By Sheena M (36) on 13 Jan 2008

Disturbing on many levels. So many wasted lives…

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By Rebbecca C (3) on 23 Jan 2008

Great. True life events. Sad that someone with so much potential had to die that way…

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By Ashly W (1) on 25 Jan 2011

So sad. I can't believe there are such hateful people out there…

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Not filmed too well, with lots of needless landscape-set-to-music stuff ... but the interviews are valuable…

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Pretty good as a companion piece to Boys Don't Cry…

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