Review of The Man Who Cried (2000) by Jeremy C — 01 Sep 2009
This has always been one of my favourite movie of all time. I loved it since the first time I saw it, mainly because I love its rhythm: it's a very simple, sad, real movie with many good elements in it.
Not to talk about all the actors involved in the production: Depp manages to show his talent here much more than in other movies (I do consider this one of his best performance, he's simply awesome in the role of a gipsy), Cate Blanchett leaves you breathless more than once - but this is not a surprise since this is the effect she has on the audience in every movie she's into, and Christina Ricci - considering that she was only 19 when the movie was shot - did a great job too.
I think that this movie is great also because all the characters don't speak a lot, but "talk" about their emotions using their eyes a lot, so you need to watch this movie over and over again to get all the little shades every character has.
And the best part is that at the end of the movie you have to remember that this is not the story of a Jewish girl, not a story of a group of dancers, not a story set in a theatre, not a love story, not a story about a group of gipsys, not a story about world war II, but.
.. above all these things, this is the story of a daughter who spends many years of her life looking for her father. Simple and wonderful.
This review of The Man Who Cried (2000) was written by Jeremy C on 01 Sep 2009.
The Man Who Cried has generally received mixed reviews.
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