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Title: Cry-Baby (1990)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Johnny Depp | ... | Cry-Baby | |
| Amy Locane | ... | Allison Vernon-Williams | |
| Susan Tyrrell | ... | Ramona Rickettes | |
| Polly Bergen | ... | Mrs. Vernon-Williams | |
| Iggy Pop | ... | Belvedere Rickettes | |
| Ricki Lake | ... | Pepper Walker | |
| Traci Lords | ... | Wanda Woodward | |
| Kim McGuire | ... | Mona 'Hatchet-Face' Malnorowski | |
| Darren E. Burrows | ... | Milton Hackett | |
| Stephen Mailer | ... | Baldwin | |
| Kim Webb | ... | Lenora Frigid | |
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Alan J. Wendl | ... | Toe-Joe |
| Troy Donahue | ... | Hatchet's Father | |
| Mink Stole | ... | Hatchet's Mother | |
| Joe Dallesandro | ... | Milton's Father | |
Allison is a "square" good girl who has decided she wants to be bad and falls hard for Cry-Baby Walker, a Greaser (or "Drape" in John Waters parlance). Spoofing Elvis movies and Juvenile Delinquency scare films of the '50s, this movie follows the adventures of Cry-Baby who, though he is sent to juvie, is determined to cross class (and taste) boundaries to get Allison back. Written by Linda (& Moo)
The movie "Cry Baby" is about a young boy and girl from opposite sides of the track falling in love. Wade "Cry baby" Walker (Johnny Depp) is considered a drape and a juvenile delinquent, and Alison (Amy Locane) is considered a square and a perfect angel. In their time Drapes and Squares were not seen together. Cry Baby fights with all his heart going up against an ex-boyfriend, a concerned grandmother, and even jail to keep his love with Alison.
Baldwin (Stephen Mailer), Alison's ex-boyfriend, does everything in his power to keep Alison to himself and away from Cry Baby. He picks fights and gets his gang together to vandalize the drapes property.
Alison's grandma (Polly Bergen) is like the leader of the squares and in the beginning worries that Cry Baby will be the downfall of her grandchild. Since she is left with Alison's care, she is over protective; but she wants Alison happy more than anything. In the end she comes around and tells Alison to choose the man her heart loves.
I believe director John Waters made a new twist to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and this provides a happy ending. Through his movie, Waters tells us that love happens when it happens and that no matter what background we come from, we should fight for love with all our hearts.
I love this movie. The first time I saw this movie as a four year old girl, I said I was going to marry Cry Baby. I recommend this movie to everyone. It has action for men and romance for women. I think that it transports us back in time and helps us see the conferences of the two social classes and feeds our belief that love really can conquer it all. I have probably watched this movie a thousand times and will probably watch it a thousand more. It definitely is worth the eighty-five minutes it takes to watch.