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Cry Baby Details

1990 Certificate 15
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John Waters does a quirky spin on '50s nostalgia in Cry-Baby, his musical homage to Rebel Without a Cause and Romeo and Juliet. Set in Baltimore in 1954 at the birth of rock & roll, the film features Johnny Depp as Wade Cry-Baby Walker. Depp is pure charisma as a juvenile delinquent with a permanent tear slithering down his .. Read more

Starring Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Ricki Lake
Director John Waters
Genres Drama, Music/Musical

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Cry Baby

John Waters does a quirky spin on '50s nostalgia in Cry-Baby, his musical homage to Rebel Without a Cause and Romeo and Juliet. Set in Baltimore in 1954 at the birth of rock & roll, the film features Johnny Depp as Wade Cry-Baby Walker. Depp is pure charisma as a juvenile delinquent with a permanent tear slithering down his cheek, a reminder of his state-executed parents. In the depths of his despair appears goody-goody girl Allison (Amy Locane), who has a sexual crush on Cry-Baby. But Allison's Pat Boone-like boyfriend, Baldwin (Stephen E. Miller), the leader of the squares, is dead set against Cry-Baby and the rest of the juvenile delinquents and leads a revolt against them. In the resultant riot, the juvenile delinquents are blamed for the chaos, and Cry-Baby finds himself dispatched to reform school.~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Starring Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Iggy Pop, Polly Bergen, Willem Dafoe
Director John Waters
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time DVD: 1 hr 28 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama, Music/Musical
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 28 Nov 2005
Production year: 1990
  • Critics' reviews (6) of Cry Baby

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Jack Nicholson's first big break — and his last for some time — was gaining the title role in this low-budget contribution to the juvenile delinquency cycle of the time. Nicholson mades his film debut as the frightened teenager who shoots two bullies and barricades himself in a storeroom with hostages. The siege that follows — with police, parents and friends trying to make the essentially decent youngster surrender — is well handled by director Jus Addiss, but Nicholson's part is too underwritten for him to make much of it. The script was mainly by actor Leo Gordon, seen as a vicious onlooker, while executive producer Roger Corman also has a small role.

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  • An energetic and hyperactively hormonal romp through '50s kitsch from trash-master Waters. In Baltimore, 1954, the... read more on Time Out

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  • 21 out of 28 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Genius!!

    Cry baby is a fabulous film! a total delinquent, but inevitably misunderstood! johnny depp is gorgeous (as usual) in the title role, & ricky lake is great as his pregnant teenage sister. but 'hatchet face' steals the show as a complete grotesque. (i think she was one of the witches alongside sarah jessica parker & bette midler in hocus pocus) incredibly tongue in cheek, when cry baby tattoos a tear on his cheek as a sign that he loves the 'square' girl (i forget her name!) it's just class! gets my vote every time! marvelous!

      • Jo from Gloucestershire.
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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Cool

    I have this on DVD, and if you are a fan of Johnny Deep, this is one you have to see.

    It's set in the 50's, where you have a gang of drapes (cool gang) and the square's(not so cool) It's about them not liking each other, a great film, with great music, also stars Ricki Lake, who is great also.

    Parts are sad sort of, and parts funny, just makes you want to get up and dance along to the music.

    A love story that's cool.

      • Nickynic from Peterborough

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