Cry-Baby

Waters' finest film to date, a worthy successor to 'Hairspray' which exudes teen angst and young lust from every pore.

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Cry-Baby


Part of our Throwback Thursday series in partnership with Eat|See|Hear.
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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. Part of our #TBT series in partnership with Eat|See|Hear.
PG-13
Genre
Musical, Comedy, Repertory, Throwback Thursdays, Throwback Thursdays
Runtime
85
Language
English
Director
John Waters
Cast
Johnny Depp, Susan Tyrrell, Polly Bergen, Iggy Pop
FEATURED REVIEW
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It is only now that I am in a condition to appreciate the 1950s. At the time, I was too cynical. I read Mad magazine and listened to Stan Freberg and Bob & Ray, and viewed all manifestations of 1950s teenage culture with the superiority of one who had read Look Homeward, Angel and knew, even then ...

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