The Man Who Cried

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The Man Who Cried

R,

2001,

1h 39m,

Drama

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34%

65 Reviews

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59%

25,000+ Ratings

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34%

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65 Reviews

59%

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25,000+ Ratings

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.

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

Jul 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

Jul 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

Jul 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

Oct 8, 2012

C-

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

May 26, 2006

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

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Susan Tavernetti

Palo Alto Weekly

May 20, 2003

2/4

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Mar 17, 2019

Amazing movie by Johnny depp

Abraham W

Oct 2, 2017

It's not bad but it is merely a collection of clichés with no personality: girl is separated from her family, gets bullied, remains working-class despite the temptations, hooks up with the laconic, 'cool' outsider, reunites with her dying father to sing him 'their song'. In the meantime the WWII manhunt takes place but who cares as long as a) gypsy Depp looks good, b) Blanchett and Turturro say things in stupid accents and c) someone sings that ditty every time an 'important' scene comes round.

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Sally Potter

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Suzie

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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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