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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 0012236132509
Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 13297
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: November 25, 1992
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A powerful provocative and unforgettable study of sex politics and terrorism. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 08/30/2005 Starring: Forest Whitaker Stephen Rea Run time: 112 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com essential video:
The Crying Game offers a rare and precious movie experience. The film is an unclassifiable original that surprises, intrigues, confounds, and delights you with its freshness, humor, and honesty from beginning to end. It starts as a psychological thriller, as IRA foot soldier Fergus (the incomparable Stephen Rea) kidnaps a British soldier (Forest Whitaker) and waits for the news that will determine whether he executes his victim or sets him free. As the night wears on, a peculiar bond begins to form between the two men. Later, the movie shifts tone and morphs into something of a romantic comedy as Fergus unexpectedly becomes involved with the soldier's girlfriend Dil (Jaye Davidson) and discovers more about himself, and human nature in general, than he ever dreamed possible. Like Spielberg's E.T., The Crying Game was supposed to be director Neil Jordan's 'little, personal movie,' the one he just had to make, even though no studio was willing to give him money because the story was so unusual. Instead, it became a surprise popular sensation, thanks in part to Miramax's cleverly provocative campaign playing up the hush-hush nature of the movie's big secret. The performances (including Miranda Richardson as one of Fergus's IRA colleagues) are subtly shaded, and the writing and direction are tantalizingly rich and suggestive; you're always trying to figure out the characters' true motives and feelings--even when they themselves are fully aware of their own motives and feelings. The Crying Game is a wise, witty, wondrous treasure of a movie. Director Jordan's credits include Mona Lisa, Interview with the Vampire, Michael Collins, and The Butcher Boy. --Jim Emerson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Horrible!
I heard this movie was great and couldn't find it at Blockbuster so I decided it was probably worth purchasing. I watched it with 2 friends and we all thought the movie was good the first 20 minutes (which is about someone being held captive) and then after that it was unwatchable. After 20 minutes it becomes a completely different movie about love between a man and a man dressed as a woman. Two very different plots. Top 5 worst movie ever.
Rating:  - A Beautiful Movie
There is nothing more to say, except that sometimes you can't help who you love, especially when you love the inner qualities of a person. A very poignant film.
Rating: - True Love Is Half-Blind
THE CRYING GAME has been described as many things, and all of them probably true. Even after 15 years after its initial release, it remains writer-director Neil Jordan's insurmountable masterpiece. Not many casual moviegoers seem to know about this one, but serious film buffs hold this dramatic gem along the greatest cinematic landmarks. This film hasn't changed the landscape of moviegoing as we know it, but it's impacted the souls of those who've embarked on its journey.
And what a journey it is...one so intriguing and fascinating that longtime fans still refuse to give away its secrets. When THE CRYING GAME was marketted back in 1992, Miramax and Jordan urged audiences to not reveal the plot twists. That audiences respected their wishes is an unbelievable acheivement. The acheivement was so remarkable that even though I didn't see this film until 2003, I instantly knew that my blabbering wouldn't ruin just a few cheap shocks. No no no, to talk about THE CRYING GAME in too much detail is to deprive audiences of a legitimate emotional connection with the characters.
Let's get the plot setup out the way; if I weren't to include it, I'd be talking to myself when I want others to share my experiences. Several IRA operatives kidnap a British soldier, holding him for ransom. As Jody (the British soldier) is held captive, an IRA volunteer named Fergus reluctantly befriends his target. Basically, it's Stockholm Syndrome backwards --- rather than the victim embracing his/her ... Read More
Rating: - A+++++ Acting
I wish I didn't have alot of the dialogue memorized whenever I decide to rewatch "The Crying Game". That is the only drawnback. I love the performances the best, which are classic cinema to me. It's actually quite difficult to pinpoint the brilliances of each actor since they all trumped eachother with moments of brilliance in their performances. I of course love Jaye Davidson's character, I related to alot of her pain, and emotion. Miranda Richarson was the most intense and passionate and agruably maybe the best performance if I had to choose. Her character is so venomnous I want to bash her face in at some points during the movie. I always knew Forest Whitacker would go on to do more great things. Any actor that drools and spits out his mouth in almost every role is worthy of AN OSCAR!!!!!! He deserves the praise and the reward. Glad he won the oscar for "Last King Of Scotland". This is a timeless movie I can still watch every blue moon.
Rating: - Great movie
I saw this movie when it came out in 1993. Its not for everyone and is a strong "R" movie but keeps you guessing.
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