Movie Review

Cry Baby (1990)

Reviewed by | Apr 13, 1990
EW's GRADE
C+

Details Release Date: Apr 06, 1990; Rated: PG-13; Length: 85 Minutes; Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance; With: Johnny Depp and Amy Locane; Distributor: Universal

In a loosey-goosey parody of Eisenhower-era rebel movies, John Waters reworks the same gleefully synthetic early rock & roll material he sent up in Hairspray — only here the satire is muted and scattershot. There are some funny moments, but this may be the first time the director's scabrous, anarchic wit seems vaguely depressed.

Originally posted Apr 13, 1990 Published in issue #9 Apr 13, 1990 Order article reprints
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