Cry-Baby

  • Rated PG 13
  • 1hr 25m
  • 63

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

John Waters

Producer:

Jim Abrahams, Brian Grazer, Rachel Talalay

Writer:

John Waters

Release Date:

Apr 6, 1990

Runtime:

1hr 25m

Synopsis

In 1950s Baltimore, a bad boy with a heart of gold wins the love of a good girl, whose boyfriend sets out for revenge.

Cast

  • Johnny Depp
  • Amy Locane
  • Susan Tyrrell
  • Polly Bergen
  • Iggy Pop
  • Ricki Lake
  • Traci Lords
  • Kim McGuire
  • Darren E. Burrows

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Metacritic

63
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Based on 22 Critics
6.8

USER SCORE (5)

Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Reviews
75

It is only now that I am in a condition to appreciate the 1950s.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
80

In Cry-Baby, Waters has created a crackpot jamboree that captures the Fifties, then parodies and transcends the period; any resemblance to Nineties greed, prejudice and repression is intentional. At forty-three, Waters remains unrepentantly juvenile. It’s his saving grace. What he can’t fight, he ridicules. The mirror Waters holds up to the world is distorted, turning everyone into a grotesque. But we can still see ourselves in it And laugh.

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Metacritic review by Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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