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John Waters does a quirky spin on '50s nostalgia in Cry-Baby, his musical homage to Rebel Without a Cause and +Romeo and Juliet. Set in Baltimore in 1954 at the birth of rock & roll, the film features Johnny Depp as Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker. Depp is pure charisma as a juvenile delinquent with a ...more
MPAA Rating: PG13 | Year: 1990 | Running Time: 85 minutes
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$15.99CRY-BABY / (WS DIR SUB DOL)
If the word "mainstream" can even be used in the same sentence with his name, then this slyly funny, high-camp comedy from director John Waters is the Baltimore filmmaker's most mainstream cinematic effort. A zippy film performed with ardor by a talented cast, it's both a spoof of and an homage to the juvenile delinquent dramas of the 1950s that Waters clearly loves. While high on kitsch value and irony, Cry-Baby fails to keep the laughs coming or develop characters sufficiently, so that its ...more
- Johnny Depp - Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker
- Amy Locane - Allison
- Susan Tyrrell - Ramona
- Polly Bergen - Mrs. Vernon-Williams
- Ricki Lake - Pepper
- Iggy Pop - Belvedere
- Steve Aronson - Mean Guard
- John Blythe Barrymore
- Phillip Broussard - Cook #2
- Ken Curtis - Whiffle #2
- Joe Dallesandro - Milton's Father
- Drew Ebersole - Whiffle #1
- Kelly Goldberg - Pepper's Baby
- Eric Lucas - Convict #2
- John Waters - Director
- Jim Abrahams - Executive Producer
- Brian Grazer - Executive Producer
- Rachel Talalay - Producer
- John Waters - Screenwriter
- Dolores Deluxe - Art Director
- Paula Herold - Casting
- Lori Eastside - Choreography
- Van Smith - Costume Designer
- Janice Hampton - Editor
- Patrick Williams - Composer (Music Score)
- Becky Mancuso - Musical Direction/Supervision
- Timothy R. Sexton - Musical Direction/Supervision
- Ray Anthony - Songwriter
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