The Crying Game
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings
- Starring: Forest Whitaker, Jaye Davidson, Stephen Rea
- Summary: A psychological thriller centering on the kidnapping of a British soldier by the IRA.
- Director: Neil Jordan
- Genre(s): Thriller, Romance, Crime
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Positive: 21 out of 22
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100One of a very few films that wants to do something unexpected and challenging, and succeeds even beyond its ambitions. See this film. Then shut up about it.
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100Simultaneously a tough, haunting, lyrical, hopeful film, and the tears it wants us to shed are an alloy of sorrow and joy - cleansing tears, the kind that alter the rules and dignify the game.
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80Thematic issues aside, The Crying Game pulls off a tremendously difficult technical feat; its screenplay contains not one, but two, wrenching twists, each of which could easily derail the narrative in the hands of a lesser storyteller.
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50Jordan would like us to believe that the three films are stages in a metamorphosis, but the stitching shows… Part Two, explored and expanded, might have made a good film, especially since Davidson gives a quiet, knowledgeable, perfectly poised performance. [14 Dec 1992]
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Positive: 9 out of 12
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Mixed: 2 out of 12
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Negative: 1 out of 12
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