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Cry-Baby (1990)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 5/25

Crybaby
5/25: To start off the 90's, Johnny Depp makes a ridiculous spectacle of himself in Cry-Baby with some of the worst lines of his career.

I expected a vulgar film, but this is tame by John Waters' standards. Well, nothing works for me. It tries too hard to be The Rocky Horror Picture Show version of Grease. The number of forgettable songs is interminably high backed by cheesy acting and camp scenes.

There has to be a limit in how many times I must be forced to look at Kim McGuire's face. Ricki Lake is unbelievably fat. Willem Dafoe appears for one minute tops and was involved in a similar but better film called The Loveless. What's with the tattoo of a tear near Johnny Depp's eye? It simply means he killed somebody.

All in all, the translation of Cry-Baby is "Run! Run! Run! And never look back!"