Crying Game

Pros: Entertaining mix of action and thriller elements; strong lead performances; good fodder for post-viewing discussion
Cons: Interesting themes raised but not deeply explored; Miranda Richardson's overblown performance

Here's a movie that virtually cries out, "Don't you dare review me!" If you haven't already seen this film or heard about its various twists and turns, don't bother to read this review or any other. If you're an adventuresome movie lover with a taste ...

Pros: Superb script. Excellent performances.
Cons: Occasionally stagey rather than cinematic.

Norman has recovered from his disappointment at the delay of his new film project, and from the hangover which accompanied his drowning of his sorrows. He and Nurse Tameka sailed out of Chateau Maine this morning, along with his pills, his breathing...

Pros: Highly original story, layers on more than you'd think
Cons: Mature themes

From the opening shots of "The Crying Game" the song "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge Lewis plays along with the rolling credits. Any other song would've suited it just fine, but this one is an odd choice. It's a strangely peculiar choice...

Pros: unpredictable and original story, groundbreaking
Cons: characters can be inconsistent and lacking in their motivation

The Crying Game is one of those films that is impossible to discuss more than casually without revealing spoilers. It's a good movie, and unique and interesting as well. Unless you have a general aversion to 'R' rated films with strong sexual...

Pros: Acting, Writng, Score, Mature Adult Theme.
Cons: None.

The Crying Game,which was written and directed by Neil Jordan, is one of the most mature films to question the concept of real love.

The story begins with the song "When a Man loves a Woman," and ends with "Stand by Your...

Pros: Natural actors, very well acted
Cons: If you know the SECRET!

Starring:
Stephen Rea: as Fergus
Forrest Whitaker: as Jody
Miranda Richardson: IRA

My husband and I actually saw this movie at the theatre because nothing else, at the time, seemed decent enough to see and they had already...

Pros: first rate acting, complex story line, full of surprises
Cons: may become addicted and babble endlessly about how great this film is

It's hard to pigeonhole something as complex and unpredictable as "The Crying Game." It starts out as a political thriller, but morphs into a tender love story that questions the nature of loyalty and the boundaries of gender.

Since other...

Pros: stunning script , killer famous twist
Cons: a definite mind-player

I will make this review somewhat schizo, but hopefully in a helpful way.. I will divide it between directed to those who KNOW the deal here and those who don't.

For those who don't.. this is perhaps one of the most amazingly realized scripts...

Pros: The Crying Game deservedly won nine major awards in the year it was released, including an Academy Award to Jordan for best original screenplay.
Cons: The film is very unusual.

It's surprising that Irish director Neil Jordan isn't more widely known among filmgoers. Few directors have as many impressive films to their credit in their first ten tries: Mona Lisa, Michael Collins, and The Butcher Boy to name just three. And few are...

Pros: The first half of the movie
Cons: Dil's relationship with Rea's character

Stephen Rea plays a very reluctant IRA agent assigned to keep a black man named Jody hostage, for reasons the script does not make clear. Before Jody is assassinated, he tells his recalcitrant captor to find his girlfriend Dil, and gives Rea's character...