The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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The Man Who Cried
Romance · Drama · Music · 2000
A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.
Movie details
The Man Who Cried
2000 Romance · Drama · Music 1h 36m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.1 / 10
Community rating
A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Man Who Cried?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Sally Potter
Written by
Sally Potter
Christina Ricci
Suzie
Johnny Depp
Cesar
Cate Blanchett
Lola
John Turturro
Dante Dominio
Harry Dean Stanton
Felix Perlman
Oleg Yankovskiy
Father
Don Fellows
Joe
Court is in session
Put The Man Who Cried on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.