Cry Baby: Johnny Depp, Ricki Lake, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Polly Bergen, Iggy Pop, Traci Lords, Kim McGuire, Darren E. Burrows, Stephen Mailer, Kim Webb, Alan J. Wendl, David Insley, John Waters, Janice Hampton, Brian Grazer, Jim Abrahams, Pat Moran, Rachel Talalay: Amazon.ca: Video

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John Waters's goofy, 1990 comedy about a Baltimore girl (Amy Locane) who can't decide if she should remain "good" in her 1954 world or hang out with the motorcycle boys is funny in a scene-by-scene way, but doesn't quite gel into the grand piece the director was hoping for. The cast is exceptionally likable, however, including Johnny Depp as an Elvis type and Iggy Pop as a chattering loony. The best material is set in a fringe world of bikers and losers on the outskirts of town, and Waters writes some hilarious sardonic dialogue for the characters. Cry-Baby is the last of Waters's more undisciplined features; he followed it with the glossier but no less perverse Serial Mom. --Tom Keogh

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic, Oct 29 2003

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T. Hooper "thdizzy" (Osaka, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cry Baby (VHS Tape)

This movie takes place in the wild 50's when rock music is starting to grip the youth of America. The story focuses on Cry Baby (Johnny Depp) and his gang, a group of disfunctional lovable rock outsiders who are just happy to be themselves. One girl, Allison, wishes to escape her white-bread world, and instantly falls in love with Cry Baby. However thre are some twists that leave her unable to decide between Cry Baby and her Republican Youth boyfriend.

This is a hilarious musical comedy. Throughout the whole movie, there are lots of great song and dance numbers which recall the days of wild rockabilly music. Johnny Depp is a very good musical performer, and I especially liked Amy Locane's performance as Allison. Since this is a John Waters film, there is a lot of oddball humor in this film. If you like your comedy a little off center, this one will hit the spot.

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5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT movie, Jun 14 2005

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Emilie BH "emilychou" (Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cry-Baby (The Director's Cut) (DVD)

it's a good movie with an awesome soundtrack, whenever i listen to it, i sing it all day long ! the storyline's a little bit been here, done that, but still, Johnny Depp makes all the difference. i would definitely recommend the movie to any Grease fan or to anyone for that matter !!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie, Jan 26 2005

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Great cast, this movie made me laugh, the girl who plays Hachetface made laugh just by looking at her, The songs are catchy and the movie is just a great succes in my book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie bad disc
Love the movie and have since the first time I saw it. Finally got it, unfortunately the disc skips in several spots

Published 14 months ago by Nikki

1.0 out of 5 stars Cry Baby........
I wouldn't recommend this film. I think I got bored. It was so long ago, but I believe I was bored.

Published on July 16 2004 by shawnmacd