1990 · musical · comedy · romance
Cry-Baby
Directed by John Waters1h 25m1990
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Our read: Cry-Baby (1990) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive musical · comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle musical / comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- inventive
- redemptive
- intimate
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How Cry-Baby feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want greaser-musical camp, Waters sweetness, and Johnny Depp crooning.”
Skip it tonight — You find broad retro parody juvenile or want serious drama tonight.
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