bad movie of all time . wow and whoa now . you can not be serious . maybe it all about what you expect a movie to do to you . i live in oregon and so i get to enjoy the beautifully filmed shot of familiar yet still amazingly beautiful smith rock and other area in central oregon ( as well a the sweet cameo of our own ken kesey and ken babbs look down on baby sissy cradle at the beginning of the movie ) . those alone be enough to spur me to give the movie a good than average score . or . maybe it all about what expectation you have . have read the book age ago and and think to myself goodness and no one could ever make a movie out of this interesting and quirky and weird book . especially 20 year later and when more ( moray can not put in the accent mark online ) have change i be actually quite pleasantly surprise when i first watch the movie when it come out in 1994 and even like it more today watch it again . sissy be exquisitely cast and and i do not care what you all say and i be also pleasantly surprise at rain phoenix and john hurt performance . i be not a lesbian nor bi nor trans and but have meet many folk who be similar to the folk they be suppose to portray and those real folk kinda act the same way a these actor act . stilted a bit and stage ey always a bit on . gus van sant be one weird native oregonian but by garsh he do a good job adapt this crazy book and imho .