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Cry Baby
1990
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 group, the Squares. Their star-.. Read more
| Starring | Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Ricki Lake |
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| Director | John Waters |
| Genres | Drama, Music/Musical |
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Cry Baby
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 group, the Squares. Their star-crossed romance sets off a rumble between the warring factions and Cry-Baby ends up doing time in reform school. Chock-full of rock 'n roll and Waters' usual cavalcade of eccentric celebrities, including Patty Hearst, Iggy Pop and former porn star Traci Lords.
| Starring | Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Iggy Pop, Polly Bergen, Willem Dafoe |
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| Director | John Waters |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 28 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 28 Nov 2005 Production year: 1990 |
| Format | DVD |
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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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20 out of 27 people found this review helpful
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!
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Oh how I laughed!
Don't take this film remotely seriously, I didn't and I thought it was one of the funniest Depp films I've seen. From the moment Cry Baby Walker appeared on the screen I was laughing like a crazy person. The songs were awesome and the best character has to be the 'square' grandmother who falls for the judge and develops 'drape' tendencies. Watch it light heartedly and enjoy some very funny characters and a lovely 1950s vibe.
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