The Man Who Cried

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The Man Who Cried

R

2001

1h 39m

Drama

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A Russian Jewish girl (Christina Ricci) is separated from her father in 1927 and escapes to England, where she's rechristened Suzie. She grows up to be a singer in a Parisian theater populated by a glamorous Russian dancer (Cate Blanchett), an egotistical Italian tenor (John Turturro) and a handsome Gypsy horseman (Johnny Depp). When the Nazis invade France, however, Suzie's life is suddenly in danger, and she attempts to flee to the United States, where her father moved years earlier.

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Critics Consensus

The storyline is overwrought and awkward, and the audience is distanced from the flatly drawn characters.

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

07/20/2001

1/5

I prefer to think of this movie as The Critic Who Cried.

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Kevin Courrier

Globe and Mail

07/16/2001

1.5/4

Potter eschews drama for posing, politics for postulating, and provides enough symbolic broad strokes to gag a magic realist.

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

07/13/2001

It's as though we're being dared not to take the movie seriously, although nothing but the pre-Holocaust setting compels you to do so.

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Emanuel Levy

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10/08/2012

C-

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

05/26/2006

The film brings grace and balance to the traditional Holocaust story.

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Film Threat

12/06/2005

3.5/5

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Gerald H

Nov 18

Gut besetzter Scheiss bleibt immer noch Scheiss.

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Peepmo E

06/05/2024

Absolutely beautiful to watch. Interesting story.

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Steve D

01/31/2024

No one is given much to do in this emotionally manipulative nonsense.

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Kathryn V

01/06/2023

I saw this movie a lot of years ago. CNt stream it anywhere now. Couple of years I've been looking. Finally ordered the dvd. One of the best love stories I had seen since Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood, splendor in the grass.

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12/05/2020

tragic story in the world war era brilliant actors & actresses (all of them! but especialy Johnny depp and Cate Blanchett) Salvatore Licitra's penetrating opera aria 'Je Crois Entendre Encore'

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Jan L

09/06/2020

An interesting film beginning in Europe between the wars, using some stalwarts of the European cinema for the cinematography so beautifully lit and photographed. The story is very intriguing: one of love, loss, the dispossessed and the outcasts at a time of the upheaval of war, yet ultimately about the human character. Somewhat frustrating in that it leaves this viewer wanting to know so much more about the back stories of each and every character. Boasting a very starry cast lead by Christina Ricci and Cate Blanchett who are both excellent as it John Turturro as the stroppy opera star; however Johnny Depp steals every scene he is in and as the script is very sparse in dialogue, one aches for the sound of his voice to tell his characters story. Wonderfully atmospheric music throughout. An overlooked and very much under appreciated film.

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Synopsis

A Russian Jewish girl (Christina Ricci) is separated from her father in 1927 and escapes to England, where she's rechristened Suzie. She grows up to be a singer in a Parisian theater populated by a glamorous Russian dancer (Cate Blanchett), an egotistical Italian tenor (John Turturro) and a handsome Gypsy horseman (Johnny Depp). When the Nazis invade France, however, Suzie's life is suddenly in danger, and she attempts to flee to the United States, where her father moved years earlier.

Director: Sally Potter
Producer: Christopher Sheppard
Screenwriter: Sally Potter
Distributor: Universal Focus, Universal Pictures
Production Co: Le Studio Canal +, Working Title Films, Adventure Pictures
Rating: R (Sexuality)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 25, 2001, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Sep 2, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA): $739.6K
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, DTS, SDDS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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