The Man Who Cried

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The Man Who Cried

R

2001

1h 39m

Drama

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A Russian Jewish girl (Christina Ricci) is separated from her father in 1927 and escapes to England, where she's rechristened Suzie. She grows up to be a singer in a Parisian theater populated by a glamorous Russian dancer (Cate Blanchett), an egotistical Italian tenor (John Turturro) and a handsome Gypsy horseman (Johnny Depp). When the Nazis invade France, however, Suzie's life is suddenly in danger, and she attempts to flee to the United States, where her father moved years earlier.

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Critics Consensus

The storyline is overwrought and awkward, and the audience is distanced from the flatly drawn characters.

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

07/20/2001

1/5

I prefer to think of this movie as The Critic Who Cried.

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Kevin Courrier

Globe and Mail

07/16/2001

1.5/4

Potter eschews drama for posing, politics for postulating, and provides enough symbolic broad strokes to gag a magic realist.

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

07/13/2001

It's as though we're being dared not to take the movie seriously, although nothing but the pre-Holocaust setting compels you to do so.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

10/08/2012

C-

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

05/26/2006

The film brings grace and balance to the traditional Holocaust story.

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Film Threat

12/06/2005

3.5/5

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Wouterius V

@TonyvV 4d

Loved this movie. It captures the desperation of pre-war Europe, that most cannot imagine. Many criticize it for inplausibilty, but this is intentional. It is more like a nightmare with characters moving through dark scenes they have no control over. Ricci, a Jewish girl, is the common thread. Early in the movie poverty and racism separate her from her father in a heart-tugging scene. Later the pograms in Russia separate her from her remaining family. Ricci moves through a landscape that is sad and dangerous with a secret that she is Jewish. This creates tension but also hope for a happy outcome. In Paris Ricci rooms with Blanchett, who is over the top flirtatious but with an agenda of finding a man to rescue her from her dark prospects. All performances are stellar, the music is beautiful, and the filmography captivating. I think those looking for realism should watch a documentary, but if you want a movie that will make you feel, The Man Who Cried fills that bill.

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Gerald H

@RT00885100 Nov 18

Gut besetzter Scheiss bleibt immer noch Scheiss.

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Peepmo E

@RT90449898 06/05/2024

Absolutely beautiful to watch. Interesting story.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 01/31/2024

No one is given much to do in this emotionally manipulative nonsense.

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Kathryn V

@RT32297663 01/06/2023

I saw this movie a lot of years ago. CNt stream it anywhere now. Couple of years I've been looking. Finally ordered the dvd. One of the best love stories I had seen since Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood, splendor in the grass.

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12/05/2020

tragic story in the world war era brilliant actors & actresses (all of them! but especialy Johnny depp and Cate Blanchett) Salvatore Licitra's penetrating opera aria 'Je Crois Entendre Encore'

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Synopsis

A Russian Jewish girl (Christina Ricci) is separated from her father in 1927 and escapes to England, where she's rechristened Suzie. She grows up to be a singer in a Parisian theater populated by a glamorous Russian dancer (Cate Blanchett), an egotistical Italian tenor (John Turturro) and a handsome Gypsy horseman (Johnny Depp). When the Nazis invade France, however, Suzie's life is suddenly in danger, and she attempts to flee to the United States, where her father moved years earlier.

Director: Sally Potter
Producer: Christopher Sheppard
Screenwriter: Sally Potter
Distributor: Universal Focus, Universal Pictures
Production Co: Le Studio Canal +, Working Title Films, Adventure Pictures
Rating: R (Sexuality)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 25, 2001, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Sep 2, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA): $739.6K
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, DTS, SDDS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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