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The Crying Game (1992) 7.3
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7.3/10 from 39,400 users
Metascore: 90/100
Reviews: 140 user | 63 critic | 22 from Metacritic.com A British soldier is kidnapped by IRA terrorists. He befriends one of his captors, who is drawn into the soldier's world. Director:Neil JordanWriter:Neil Jordan |
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Cast
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| Miranda Richardson | ... | ||
| Stephen Rea | ... | ||
| Adrian Dunbar | ... | ||
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Breffni McKenna | ... |
Tinker
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Joe Savino | ... | |
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Birdy Sweeney | ... |
Tommy
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| Andrée Bernard | ... |
Jane
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Dave
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Jack Carr | ... |
Franknum
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Josephine White | ... |
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Shar Campbell | ... |
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An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by Jude, another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody's lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus adopts the name "Jimmy" and gets a job as a day laborer. He also starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus' IRA background. But there are some things about Dil that Fergus doesn't know, either... Written by Eugene Kim <genekim@concentric.net>
Plot Keywords:
irish republican army | interracial romance | secret life | tragic love | haunted by the past |Taglines:
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Rated R for sexuality, strong violence and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 February 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Juego de lágrimas See more »Box Office
Budget:
£2,300,000 (estimated)Gross:
$62,549,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Jody: [playing ring toss at a carnival] Right.
[tosses a ring]
Jody: That.
[tosses a ring]
Jody: And that. And that is cricket, hon.
Jody: [wins a large teddy bear] Do you want it?
Jude: Sure!
Jody: [hands her the teddy bear] Doesn't matter if you don't. You know I won't be offended. Jody's never offended. What'd you say your name was?
Jude: Jude.
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Composed by Chris Barbarosa and Ed Chisolm
By Kind Permission of Shapiro Bernstein & Co Ltd./Emergency Music Ltd.
Performed by Carol Thompson
Produced by Pet Shop Boys
Recording Courtesy of Spaghetti Recordings Ltd.
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Trivia
Producer Stephen Woolley owned a repertory cinema in London called the "Scala", when there were funding issues with the film Woolley ended up borrowing money from the Scala to keep the production afloat. See more »Goofs
Dil's hair during the first scene taking place in the Metro. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Jody: [playing ring toss at a carnival] Right.
[tosses a ring]
Jody: That.
[tosses a ring]
Jody: And that. And that is cricket, hon.
Jody: [wins a large teddy bear] Do you want it?
Jude: Sure!
Jody: [hands her the teddy bear] Doesn't matter if you don't. You know I won't be offended. Jody's never offended. What'd you say your name was?
Jude: Jude.
[...]
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Soundtracks
Let The Music PlayComposed by Chris Barbarosa and Ed Chisolm
By Kind Permission of Shapiro Bernstein & Co Ltd./Emergency Music Ltd.
Performed by Carol Thompson
Produced by Pet Shop Boys
Recording Courtesy of Spaghetti Recordings Ltd.
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Here is a really deep & touching movie. Dil sings (& moves her hands about like a classical Indian dancer rather distractingly) "I know all about the crying game" we know that she knows. It drips out of her voice, it rolls down her cheek, it stares out of her eyes. She knows she has lost her best chance in life - the only man to love her was killed in Ireland. Yet when she meets Stephen Rea the man who, unknown to her, was responsible for her lover's (Forest Whitaker) death in Ireland, hope again rises in her. She will hold on to Rea for her life for in him she sees a 'gentleman' very like Whitaker. But Rea is not the only one with a secret. Dil has one too & that gives the movie the tension, irony & ultimately the tragedy which sets it apart from any IRA/ star-crossed lovers/ hostage drama that I have seen. When Dil tells Rea that she knows he is lying but all the same she likes to hear him say that he loves her it moves everyone in the audience.
The performances (Adrian Dunbar as the ruthless leader, Miranda Richardson as the cold, teasing assassin & Jim Broadbent as the bartender, not to mention Rea, Dil & Whitaker) are brilliant, the atmosphere is electric & the score is haunting. The only points that rankle are Whitaker's dream-sequence appearances looking like a model in a detergent ad & Dil's suddenly-acquired shooting skills which brings the movie to its horrific climax.
A brilliant movie with layers & layers of depth, & comparable to Jordan's earlier 'Mona Lisa'. That is saying a lot because Mona Lisa walks into my Top 50 movies without even knocking!