Almost everything, starting with the editing, some dialogue, brute viciousness and pacifying negotiating sharing the same space, the law enabling the fundamental basis of life, represented by a comic book cop-character, the entire range of human emotions, mixed with comedic one liners, bias and prejudice, disease, and just existing somewhere between life and death for other reasons, even the dancing and singing. This movie perfectly internalizes the alienation of people with others, themselves, with society, their general environment, the disintegration of families, and, our most basic need of belonging. Depressing or uplifting, the writing leaves the audience with a tie. Women are the protagonists, while I fail to see a movie automatically fitting a certain category for that reason, this one didn't age badly, I'm afraid it just does encapsulate the mid 90s mindset rather well.
Review of Boys on the Side
