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Dominican Rep. Cry Baby
8,607
Comedy. Musical
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. ... [+]
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"For a while the actors seem intimidated by the '50s references, but the film eventually develops a musical energy that carries the day." | ||
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"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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"A film that wants only to be loved (...)The eagerness of the performers, their flat-out verve and innocence, wins you over" | ||
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"Waters' mischievous satire of the teen exploitation genre is entertaining as a rude joyride through another era" | ||
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"There are some funny moments, but this may be the first time the director’s scabrous, anarchic wit seems vaguely depressed" |
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