Cheerfully camp, terrifically enjoyable teen parody that ranks among Waters' best moments. Oh, and world -- meet Johnny Depp!
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06/20/09
Cry-Baby (1990)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:30
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.7/10
Reviews for Cry-Baby
Top CriticWaters' finest film to date, a worthy successor to Hairspray which exudes teen angst and young lust from every pore.
06/24/06
Top CriticUnhinged and inventive
11/08/04
Waters' hole card is Johnny Depp, the winsome tough from TV's 21 Jump Street, who radiates big- screen grace and swagger as Cry-Baby -- no easy trick, since he is guying his own image.
06/20/09
Top CriticThe film is high on energy, color and camera movement and, as usual in Waters's world, everything is styled within an inch of its life, capturing all the fun and fever of the 1950s.
06/20/09
Top CriticJohn Waters' mischievous satire of the teen exploitation genre is entertaining as a rude joyride through another era, full of great clothes and hairdos.
06/20/09
Top CriticIt's a satire that functions the same way the stuff it's satirizing does.
07/19/07
Great campy fun. How many tears will Johnny shed?
11/07/05
Pink Flamingos fans will find Cry-Baby decidedly tame, but it's one of my favorites.
08/08/05
Waters is just as offbeat as any of his film characters— and he surrounds himself with creative people who wouldn't at all be out of place in a John Waters movie.
07/23/05
No review available.
07/02/05
Everyone is clearly having a ball in Cry-Baby, and one can only imagine what the nightlife was like on the set
05/07/05
Successfully works in fits and starts.
05/03/05
No review available.
04/15/05
Tears for fears? Nah, it's Johnny Depp's. When will this Waters gem be adapted for Broadway?
10/25/04
John Waters at his most accessible -- which is still really odd.
09/09/04
No review available.
09/04/04
No review available.
08/11/04
No review available.
02/27/04
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