A brilliant film that helped define a genre

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I thought that this movie was stupendous. The art the scenery the acting the singing the dancing everything was so good and impressed me a lot. Some examples that I liked about the movie were when Johnny Depp and his gang get out of their car and just get rough and tough with the squares. Another that I liked was the riot scene it had so much combat movements in it. And the final thing that I thought was impressive was the music overall it was so upbeat and head banging music.

You gotta admit it, you were either shaking around dancing or just sway your head around for the music you hear on this movie. Although you might be aware, Johnny Depp and Amy Locane aren't singing in this which is a total shame because it would've made it more natural! This would definitely remind you of Grease and Hairspray, it is such an inspiring love story that will make you feel like you're in a different universe. Man, it would be better that way any day! You will also laugh at this too. I have to say, my favorite scene was definitely where the rat giggled when he showed Crybaby the wrong way to escape the prison, it was hilarious! There are other scene's as well that were so slapstick!If you loved Grease or Hairspray, you gotta watch this!

The script and acting are intended to be bad (a parody)as are most teen movies, ex: 'Blackboard Jungle' (which was supposed to be serious but I laughed throughout)were at the time. I wish they had produced the Cry-Baby' movie as it really was in the fifties. The best part was the group imitating the Crew Cuts doing 'Sh-Boom.' They should have included Johnnie Ray because he was the original 'Cry' baby.The movie also had its' obligatory negroid, ala 'Little Richard.' This film is set in Baltimore when I was a teen living in suburban Milwaukee. We didn't have blacks in our grade or high schools. There were no middle schools; they were called 'junior highs.' There was as much or more promiscuity as there is today. Kids usually met by telling another, passing notes like 'I want to meet him/her.' This was networking in the fifties. After junior high my parents transferred me to a Lutheran high school and the girls kept their legs crossed. There were more virgins than in a large convent.'American Graffiti' was more typical of teen life in the fifties but that was set in California. The TV show 'Happy Days' was set in Milwaukee and was the truest to form as the 'Moments I Remember' (Four Lads).

First and foremost, this is a spot on parody of 1950's juvenile delinquent films. If you've never seen any of the old movies it's making fun of...or if you just don't get satire...then you may not like Cry Baby. But if you're fan of Rebel Without a Cause, The Wild One, The Deliquents, etc...well, then you simply shouldn't miss this film.Wade 'Cry Baby' Walker is the bad boy who is, in reality, not so bad. He has a soft side and is in love with the squeaky clean good girl, Allison. Their affair causes a rift between the two social factions of Baltimore, the rich kid 'Squares' and the cool kid 'Drapes'. The characters are way over the top, the dialog is oh so clichéd....and that's what makes it fantastic! The soundtrack doesn't hurt either! Just like Waters' Hairspray, the soundtrack is almost a lead character itself. Even the choreographed, production numbers (which is something I'd normally hate) are extremely enjoyable because they're such obvious jabs at Elvis movie song sequences.The cast of this film is just amazing. Johnny Depp is supremo hot and Amy Locane is great considering she was only 19 and just starting her career. Iggy Pop is PERFECT and absolutely adorable as Uncle Belvedere. Ricky Lake, Traci Lords and the rest of the 'gang' are a hoot! And of course there's Patty Hearst, Willem Defoe, and the legendary Polly Bergen and lovely Joey Heatherton (you'll find her unrecognizable as Milton's sourpuss, bible thumping mother!) The best thing about the cast though, was the inclusion of some of the actual old teen stars from the '50s in cameos: David Nelson, Troy Donahue. Fun script, fun cast...just FUN all around! 9/10