【A beautiful & sensitive movie.】
"THE MAN WHO CRIED" is [fair warning] in the nature of a idealistic chick-flick with an overlay of socio-political importance.+++
But this film defies pretty much all of the possible negatives, and succeeds almost despite itself.
I almost did not buy this movie after reading the reviews by critics.
I got it after much ordering and canceling, and I tell you, its the best ... I ever spent.
This movie is the best acted, best story-line, best all around movie I have seen in years.
If you are an action, blood & gore person forget it.
If you love a wonderful movie, with great scenery, this is your movie.
Christina Ricci, Suzie, is amazing in this role.
She can show more emotion with a simple look, than most actors ever show.
Christina Ricci is not an actress I like to watch at all..
.. I think she just about ruined SLEEPY HOLLOW..
.. but don't let this bother you in TMWC.!!
For one thing, she has very few lines to dully deliver, and remarkably enough, she doesn't look foul..
.. tempered or pouty more than once or twice.★★★★★
Johnny Depp has very few lines, and in previous reviews, is treated as if he is not a principle player, but in fact, his role is critical to the whole story.*****
I just didn't care what was happening.
I liked watching great actors practice their craft, and I cared about them, but I couldn't get involved in the story.
I know there was some subplot involving a white horse..
.. but I couldn't tell you the significance, except to make the Johnny Depp character look sensitive, but he does that anyway.
I would definitely recommend it for fans of the actors, but I couldn't recommend it as entertainment.★★★★★