just watch it!

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

First of all, try to avoid the trailer before watching the movie if you can. The Man Who Cried is about a young Jewish girl living in Russia in the late twenties who has to flee her home country and eventually ends up in Paris as a young adult just before the onset of World War II. She gets involved with a cabaret showgirl played by Cate Blanchett, an Italian opera singer played by John Turturro and a gypsy man played by Johnny Depp. I found the movie slow-moving but not boring. It had a certain melancholy to it where almost everything was restrained and understated. There are dramatic moments but no big melodrama which honestly I kinda missed. I wasn't particularly touched nor did I cry or even get teary-eyed. Your own mileage might vary, but I don't think it's a big tear-jerker.There's a lot of music (mostly opera but not usually the bombastic cliché kind) in this film with two important recurring songs. They're quite beautiful especially the french song "Je crois entendre encore" which weirdly I didn't recognize as French despite it being my native language. The songs are important because they often convey the emotions felt instead of words. It doesn't really matter that you don't understand the words. As an historical drama, it mostly skirts big events, mostly focusing on their effects on our characters from different nationalities. You need some minimal historical background to get what is happening. The whole first part with the exile of the little girl was pretty gripping. She seemed so small and vulnerable. The romantic aspect was two-fold. The relationship between Cate Blanchett and John Turturro's characters was very interesting but not romantic. The relationship between Christina Ricci and Johnny Depp's characters was less interesting but more romantic.Johnny Depp doesn't say much but his presence is felt. He was born to play sexy gypsy men and I suspect most women will "swoon" over him ;) The other performances were fine with the stand-out being Cate Blanchett as a somewhat superficial Russian dancer trying to marry into richness. The songs were mostly lip-synched. I think they were done very well but still it disturbed somewhat my suspension of disbelief. In conclusion, I liked watching it, it was well made with strong actors but the story could have been told a little better to engage the viewer more emotionally. It didn't strike me as particularly memorable or as the highlight of any of these actor's resumes.Rating: 6.5 out of 10 (good)

For emotion, and for scenery, this movie is fabulous. Moments of sheer brilliance from actors that we expect no less from. Great musical score!Johnny Depp, can express more emotion with a look, than most actors can with a thousand words. He and Christina Ricci play well opposite each other. Cate Blanchett and John Turturro, also worked well together, though her Russian accent got old fast.The plot certainly could have been a bit stronger. Thru most of the movie, I got the feeling that scenes were cut either for time or quality and this led to a sense of disjointedness in places. But using ones own imagination, certainly filled in the gaps - as I strongly suspected the Director expected.A movie I thoroughly enjoy re-watching.

I found this movie very compelling to watch in every way--except for the plot. I've submitted this comment to thank the poster who cleared up my confusion about who sang, and who lipped-synced. I thought the tenor voice was beautiful, and Ms.Ricchi (she made it clear in the movie that she never had any formal training) sounded sincere and feminine. The non-verbal relationship between C. and Johnny seemed believable and appropriate for two such marginalized social misfits. I would like to see them together in a less serious movie, because I think they ha great chemistry together. Since this is such a character driven movie, I'll close by saying that Ms. Blanchett was wonderful, but that I couldn't relate to Mr. T. being an opera singer. He just "looks" and has too many mannerisms that scream Italian-American. P.S. This is a good review--but it wasn't submitted by me"kinbc" in Canada. It is now Dec. 9th, so the rightful owner has probably moved on--now to find the Review that I did post...Kinbc

I chose this movie to watch it together with my girlfriend as I expected some romantic and not fully ridiculous and at least half way sophisticated movie. However - it turned out to be one of the worst movies I 've ever seen.I really cannot understand how anyone can seriously rate this movie with anything more than a 1 or maybe a 2 for Johnny Depp fans (which I am!) The pictures and the style of the movie is quite good. However there is no plot and no character development in it at all. You will feel no sympathy for even one of the characters. It feels like a number of pointless scenes arranged an extraneous way. Every time you start to think about just stop watching the movie there starts a scene with some singing which makes you think that afterwards there really has something to happen - but then it just doesn't.I really ask myself what the aim of this movie is. There are no big feelings in it. I thought it might get more exciting when the Nazis take over France but it isn't as there was anything to happen afterward - luckily the movie is almost over yet.So one good thing is, that this movie reminds you of how bad a movie actually can be done and what a lucky bastard you are considering you never have to watch it again!