A Brilliant Conflict

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

I cry at the end of the movie. But I think the movie is not well done. Director can set a better way to tell story and show the events than the way he did. I think it is not worth to see this movie. Since the events that happen are not have a regular pattern. Director wants to make a musical movie but he make a bad one.The only reason that I see this movie is their actors. If Cate Blanchett and Johnny Depp do not play I won't see it. I can not understand it is about a girl who want to find her father or about a life of lonely girl. Do you understand why they called this as "The Man Who Cried"? Also it has a music too. Characters in this movie are not eager to speak. If anyone do not see this movie I recommend not to think about it!!

Sally Potter's 'The Man Who Cried' is one of those disappointments, that hurt, dishearten & leave you exhausted.The film tells the story of a young Jewish girl who after being separated from her father in Soviet Russia, grows up in England. As a young adult, she moves to Paris (shortly before the beginning of World War II), and then flees to the United States when the Nazis move into the French capital. The idea, the backdrop, the characters look real in every frame. But the film doesn't hold, it loses energy after a point, in fact, the climax is a yawn.Potter, the director films,'The Man Who Cried' really well. But Potter the writer, pulls the efforts down. The writing is a mess. One can't grasp it's genre! Is it a musical, or is it a love story. Sorry, this doesn't work on its advantage. This was cinematographer Sacha Vierny last film, his work is memorable.Coming to acting, Christina Ricci not only looks maddening but also delivers a fantastic performance. She is the sole saving grace of this venture. Cate Blanchett is passable, while John Turturro seems in be in character throughout. Harry Dean Stanton is wasted. Johnny Depp sleepwalks. Claudia Lander-Duke, playing ricci as a kid, is good.'The Man Who Cried' is a colossal disappointment. Period!

Nice balance of plot and characters, avoids some WW2 hackneyed scenes I've seen too many times. I wasn't too keen on minor details of the ending.Fast moving, with pauses for emotional emphasis. Visually beautiful. Held my attention all the way, and got me thinking.Really interestingly cast, used tastefully in restrained performances which contributed to the apprehensive feeling of dread that pervades the movie. Rings true to my idea of the times, quiet frantic fear.I may have been unfortunate in seeing an edited version for TV, as some of the fast cuts between scenes were a bit too much for me and I had to catch up with where the story was.Well worth a look

For emotion, and for scenery, this movie is fabulous. Moments of sheer brilliance from actors that we expect no less from. Great musical score!Johnny Depp, can express more emotion with a look, than most actors can with a thousand words. He and Christina Ricci play well opposite each other. Cate Blanchett and John Turturro, also worked well together, though her Russian accent got old fast.The plot certainly could have been a bit stronger. Thru most of the movie, I got the feeling that scenes were cut either for time or quality and this led to a sense of disjointedness in places. But using ones own imagination, certainly filled in the gaps - as I strongly suspected the Director expected.A movie I thoroughly enjoy re-watching.