What is Cry-Baby about?
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
A prim schoolgirl and a motorcycle delinquent find absurd romance in a brisk, darkly comic world.
Campy, with absurdist humor. A date-night pick at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
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Cry-Baby parents guide
Nothing past what a PG-13 promises: some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated PG-13.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
Cast and crew
Directed byJohn Waters
StarringJohnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords
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