Cry-Baby (1990)
85 %
Reviews Counted: 27 Fresh: 23 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis: Cult director John Waters goes mainstream -- sort of -- in this send-up of 1950s teen melodramas. Heart-throb Johnny Depp stars in the title role as a glamorous delinquent who heads a gang of hoods known as the Drapes. Trouble starts when Cry-Baby falls for a squeaky clean blonde from a rival... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Johnny Depp, Traci Lords, Ricki Lake, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell
Director: John Waters
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It's a satire that functions the same way the stuff it's satirizing does.
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07/19/07
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06/24/06
Pink Flamingos fans will find Cry-Baby decidedly tame, but it's one of my favorites.
08/08/05
Waters is just as offbeat as any of his film characters— and he surrounds himself with creative people who wouldn't at all be out of place in a John Waters movie.
07/23/05
Everyone is clearly having a ball in Cry-Baby, and one can only imagine what the nightlife was like on the set
05/07/05
Tears for fears? Nah, it's Johnny Depp's. When will this Waters gem be adapted for Broadway?
10/25/04
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05/20/03
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