Shazam!
High Life
Widows
The Walking Dead
Log in with Facebook
OR
By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.
Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password.
We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified.
Please reference “Error Code 2121” when contacting customer service.
The storyline is overwrought and awkward, and the audience is distanced from the flatly drawn characters.
All Critics (69) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (45) | DVD (1)
I prefer to think of this movie as The Critic Who Cried. Jul 20, 2001 | Rating: 1/5
I prefer to think of this movie as The Critic Who Cried.
Desson Thomson
Potter eschews drama for posing, politics for postulating, and provides enough symbolic broad strokes to gag a magic realist. Jul 16, 2001 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Potter eschews drama for posing, politics for postulating, and provides enough symbolic broad strokes to gag a magic realist.
Kevin Courrier
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. Jul 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.
Geoff Pevere
There's only one performer in the movie who looks completely at ease with what he's doing: the horse. Jun 28, 2001 | Rating: C | Full Review…
There's only one performer in the movie who looks completely at ease with what he's doing: the horse.
Owen Gleiberman
If [Potter] personally, in her 40s, can go to Argentina and become a tango dancer, then we can't complain about anything that happens to Suzie. Not that we'd want to. Jun 22, 2001 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
If [Potter] personally, in her 40s, can go to Argentina and become a tango dancer, then we can't complain about anything that happens to Suzie. Not that we'd want to.
Roger Ebert
A poetic look at transience, betrayal, loss and doom. Jun 21, 2001
A poetic look at transience, betrayal, loss and doom.
Michael Wilmington
The film brings grace and balance to the traditional Holocaust story. May 26, 2006 | Full Review…
The film brings grace and balance to the traditional Holocaust story.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Man Who Cried hits all the wrong notes right from the get-go and never relents. Mar 30, 2003 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
The Man Who Cried hits all the wrong notes right from the get-go and never relents.
David Nusair
Potter, unlike most, doesn't batter you with what she wants you to feel. As the lyrics of a song, this film is poetry. I suspect it will linger with me long after its details would normally fade. Beautiful. May 31, 2002 | Full Review…
Potter, unlike most, doesn't batter you with what she wants you to feel. As the lyrics of a song, this film is poetry. I suspect it will linger with me long after its details would normally fade. Beautiful.
David Poland
"The Man Who Cried" should be approached as a classic silent film where the movement and emotion tell the story, with dialogue being used sparingly. May 25, 2002 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
"The Man Who Cried" should be approached as a classic silent film where the movement and emotion tell the story, with dialogue being used sparingly.
Collin Souter
A grand looking film always giving one hope it will come up with something sweeping to say... Feb 25, 2002 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
A grand looking film always giving one hope it will come up with something sweeping to say...
Dennis Schwartz
Ricci ... can't hold audience interest for more than about five minutes, especially when she's stuck with material as superficial and slow-moving as this period drama. Aug 17, 2001 | Full Review…
Ricci ... can't hold audience interest for more than about five minutes, especially when she's stuck with material as superficial and slow-moving as this period drama.
Jeff Vice
Very linear and forgettable, but also quite harmless and watchable.
Super Reviewer
This is a fairly basic Nazis = bad film. There's not much in the way of political acumen, and the characters and their storylines never escape from basic types. The acting is good until the characters begin the worst lip synching in film history. Potter's dialogue is fairly stilted, but the art direction and cinematography is good. As a whole, the film needed to escape cliche and take greater advantage of its cast, all of whom are capable of strong, nuanced performances.
Really good movie. Depp and Ricci have a really intsense love scene. Depp tends to look at her longingly for a good 2/3s of the film. But I'll forgive..he's lovely. And Blanchett does a really flighty portrayal of a early 20th century gold-digger. All in all..great story of perserverance with a stellar cast..but honestly...I don't understand the title.
Ricci turns in a really good performance.
There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.
View All