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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	Comedy, Romance

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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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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19
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  - 7
  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 ... read more »
  
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  - Jo
  - Gloucestershire.
  - 08 Jan 2005 at 01:23
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- - 0
  - 0
  those crocodile tears
  
  Dreadful spoof of Grease if there is in any way a possibility to spoof Grease. I despise musicals so I would rather watch American Graffiti or Saturday Night ... read more »
  
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- - juradino
  - 625 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Jan 2012 at 02:34
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  Cheesy Cheesy
  
  Its ok I stuck with it until then end but the cheesy nature of this takes away from the fact that it could have been a great movie. Depp was perfect the love ... read more »
  
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- - DansCubby
  - 24 reviews
  - Chelmsford
  - 05 Sep 2011 at 09:56
- - 0
  - 0
  Not a bad film
  
  Johnny Depp looks good in this film. The style of the film is good but the plot is rather thin and uninteresting but it is worth a watch just because of the ... read more »
  
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  - Evgrev
  - 16 reviews
  - Blairgowrie
  - 16 Jun 2010 at 10:07
- - 0
  - 0
  Its all good fun !
  
  a well spent 90 minutes !
  
  fun, light entertainment !
  
  Go Hatchet face, go !
  
  Not as good as Hairspray, though
  
  The ... read more »
  
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- - TheSteck
  - 21 reviews
  - Bracknell Forest
  - 24 May 2010 at 08:52
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  Cry Baby
  
  well since i havn't seen this movie in years. this movie is great to watch when you are in need of some hot young jonny depp to see. also the songs are ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - northern ireland
  - 04 May 2010 at 13:29
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  Painful to watch
  
  Send-up it may be, but this film is cringeworthy! John Waters was clearly influenced by the success and glamour that 'Dirty Dancing' and 'Grease'... read more »
  
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- - dormi87
  - 2 reviews
  - Southampton
  - 20 Jan 2010 at 00:08
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  DO NOT WATCH
  
  The music of the beginning was not yet over I felt like I would not enjoy this film at all! It is kitsch, which I do not like much. On the positive side, Johnny... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 19 Oct 2009 at 21:18
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  - 0
  Love it
  
  I love cry baby it takes me back to my younger days. Its cheesy but funny, i really love it!
  
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- - Tam0001
  - 2 reviews
  - Boston
  - 20 Sep 2009 at 19:24
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  Good Fun
  
  This isn't exactly challenging, but it's fun.
  
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- 800350
- - OldTom
  - 48 reviews
  - Berkhamsted
  - 19 Aug 2009 at 20:26
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  Depp's worst outing.
  
  Musicals don't float my boat at the best of times, but this one was truely awful in every respect from the script to the dialogue and even the music itself... read more »
  
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- - Phatcap
  - 7 reviews
  - Ayr, Scotland
  - 05 Jul 2009 at 02:00
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- - 23
  - 7
  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 ... read more »
  
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  - Jo
  - Gloucestershire.
  - 08 Jan 2005 at 01:23
- - 7
  - 2
  even JD couldn't save this
  
  I should have paid attention to the 'crap baby' reviewer - you were SO right.
  
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  - Kent
  - 01 Jul 2006 at 22:47
- - 5
  - 2
  Cry? Not half...
  
  Cry Baby? Crap Baby more like. Didn't even make it to 15 minutes before it was switched off.
  
  I will be taking issue with my ex-friend that ... read more »
  
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  - In therapy to get over this
  - 21 Mar 2006 at 09:05
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  - 0
  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 (... read more »
  
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- - Nickynic
  - 4 reviews
  - Peterborough
  - 12 Jul 2006 at 02:14
- - 3
  - 0
  terrible
  
  My daughter persuaded me to rent this as she is a Depp fan. Perhaps I wasn't in the mood it was terrible. A poor Grease imitation. Songs were awful
  
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  - Basingstoke Hampshire
  - 05 Apr 2006 at 19:53
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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 ... read more »
  
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  - Nottingham, England
  - 09 Aug 2006 at 13:40
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  Cry Baby
  
  Cry Baby is great, we've watched it with our older kids time and again, it never fails to bring a smile to your face.
  
  Johnny Depp is brilliant, ... read more »
  
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  - Dornoch
  - 02 May 2008 at 12:45
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  - 1
  not bad
  
  watchable film but would have rather watched something else.
  
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  - england
  - 24 Feb 2006 at 00:04
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  - 1
  Don't bother
  
  Absolute rubbish, had to turn it off in the end.
  
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- - a customer
  - Wimbledon, England
  - 01 Mar 2006 at 16:06
- - 1
  - 1
  Up there with Animal House - and a better soundtrack too!!
  
  This is a as far from Pink Falmingos as you can get but this every inch a John Waters movie, and maybe because he's restrained here he's made the best ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London, England
  - 08 Mar 2006 at 09:54

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Critics' reviews
- An energetic and hyperactively hormonal romp through '50s kitsch from trash-master Waters. In Baltimore, 1954, the... read more on Time Out
- 48659
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19
- ...It's tawdry celebrity on the rampage. Waters revels in it....The wizard of odd still runs amok...
- 51745
- - Rolling Stone
  - 17 Feb 2009 at 02:37
- [I]ts charm derives from a palpable affection for the Elvis-era mores it's sending up
- 51746
- - Sight and Sound
  - 17 Feb 2009 at 02:37
- ...Waters embellishes CRY-BABY's endless set-pieces with inimitable touches...
- 51747
- - USA Today
  - 17 Feb 2009 at 02:37
- ...Vintage trivia [turns] into crazily overblown little triumphs...
- 51744
- - New York Times
  - 17 Feb 2009 at 02:37
- [A] jailhouse-rockin' tribute to '50s juvie movies...
- 51743
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 17 Feb 2009 at 02:37

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