Imagine if the Footloose was a good movie, that's Cry Baby. When you watch this great film/musical you can tell right away it's the work of John Waters. Actually, you'd probably be able to guess that just by the pressense of a character named "Hatchet Face." Or the scene with Iggy Pop bathing himself in a bucket at a redneck style shack.
The story takes place in 1950s Maryland. "Cry Baby" Walker and his group of juvenile delinquents, or "drapes", meet a square girl named Alison. Cry Baby falls in love right away and the feeling is mutual. Alison has a square boyfriend and square parents who hate Cry Baby and his gang. And in turn, the drapes hate the squares. It's the Romeo and Juliet theme we find so common in movies that we hardly notice it anymore. But, that doesn't make it a bad movie.
Cry Baby has an all-star line up starting with Johnny Depp as the main character. Also in it is Traci Lords, whom you might remember from such classics as Sweedish Erotica 57 and Hot Cum Orgy. But Let's not forget Ricki Lake who wonderfully played the fat pregnant gang member, and of course Iggy Pop as the grandfather of Depp's character.
All in all, its a good movie you should see.
4 stars
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