Cry-Baby

1990 • 85 minutes
4.7
711 reviews
72%
Tomatometer
PG-13
Rating
Eligible
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Eisenhower is President. Rock 'n' Roll is king. And Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker is the baddest hood in his high school. Johnny Depp heads up a supercool cast as the irresistible bad boy whose amazing ability to shed one single tear drives all the girls wild especially Allison Vernon Williams (Amy Locane), a rich, beautiful "square" who finds herself uncontrollably drawn to the dreamy juvenile delinquent and his forbidden world of rockabilly music, fast cars and faster women. It's the hysterical high-throttle world of 1954 in director John Waters' outrageous musical comedy.
Rating
PG-13

Ratings and reviews

4.7
711 reviews
Derrick Denson
April 2, 2020
A really good movie. I’ve been trying to find the full version that was only aired on USA but no luck. Just to clarify (and yes I am black) the sole purpose of most of the black people in the movie being in jail is because it was to be assumed (at least in the movie) that like the drapes they were labeled as troublemakers automatically. I didn’t take it to heart because for the decade that this was supposed to be, did we expect different. I think the point was that the drapes was a misunderstood group who appreciated anyone that was different. But I don’t agree with the argument that all black people are..blah blah blah... cuz I won’t even get into the other comment. In the end it’s a movie. A really good one. Leave the politics and arguments elsewhere.
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Moviefone
July 9, 2014
This is a classic John Waters flick, with tons of over-the-top drama and swooning and awesome weirdos. There isn't much to speak of in the way of extras for this release, but if you're tired of being good, this Blu-ray will make you feel bad. In a good way.
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Nakya Cates
July 22, 2014
It was good but most black people were in jail and only one black came up in the move twice no as much as others did and all whites went to Allison school and her grand mothers school but no blacks but in the jail part most blacks I'm a black person and my family thought that was kinda rasict but it was a great movie ☺😊😍😍😍😘😘😘😍😍😘😍 I love you jhonny deep
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