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Cry-Baby
| Rating: | PG-13 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Romance, Musical |
| Release Date: | April 6, 1990 |
| Running time: | 85 minutes |
| Cast: | Johnny Depp, Traci Lords, Ricky Lake, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell |
| Director: | John Waters |
| Producer: | Rachel Talalay |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
Description: 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 permanent tear slithering down his cheek, a reminder of his state-executed parents. In the depths of his despair appears goody-goody girl Allison (Amy Locane), who has a sexual crush on Cry-Baby. But Allison's Pat Boone-like boyfriend, Baldwin (Stephen E. Miller), the leader of the squares, is dead set against Cry-Baby and the rest of the juvenile delinquents and leads a revolt against them. In the resultant riot, the juvenile delinquents are blamed for the chaos, and Cry-Baby finds himself dispatched to reform school.~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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