The Man Who Cried
Metascore
40 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 22
  3. Negative: 7 out of 22
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    The result is a movie that talks big, even walks big, but has no scale whatsoever.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    38
    It's a thinly disguised lecture about intolerance, spotted with historical inaccuracies and groaning with dialogue so dreadful that it makes a fine cast look ridiculous again and again.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Jan Stuart
    30
    There is even less going on between Ricci and Depp here than there was in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," mostly because Potter gives them nothing to play.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    30
    Sally Potter, who leapt to critical attention with her 1992 adaptation of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" -- makes a serious misstep with The Man Who Cried.
  5. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    20
    The film's a vacuous bore.
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  6. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    20
    A star ensemble is preposterously miscast.
  7. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    20
    The driving drama of such a desperate situation is lost in the movie's casting silliness.

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User Score
7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 3 out of 14
  1. PatC.
    3
    An important story, but it's told without craftsmanship and contains characters without personality nuances. The plot continuity has holes you could drive a truck through. Not even Blanchett, inexplicably mis-cast, can save this one.… Full Review »
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