Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- melancholic
- theatrical
- wistful
- historical drama night
- arthouse romance viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the historical romance overwrought, awkwardly plotted, and weakened by flatly drawn characters.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Fegele is renamed Suzie by her adoptive English family and later pursues her Jewish father while performing in continental Europe.
Suzie and Cesar’s relationship develops in Paris before the Nazi war machine reaches France and transforms their circumstances.
Suzie’s singing career carries her from England into Parisian revue and opera circles while she searches for belonging.
Parisian revue and opera settings are placed alongside refugee movement, immigrant hardship, and the Nazi advance.
Films like The Man Who Cried, and why
The English Patient
shares a period romance shaped by war, displacement, music, and emotionally heightened melodrama
Suite Française
shares a wartime European setting, doomed romance, and lavishly stylized historical drama
The Golden Bowl
shares immigrant identity, cultural dislocation, and musical performance within a romantic drama
Movie Details
- Director
- Sally Potter
- Release Date
- 2000-08-29
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (270)
Cast
- Christina Ricci
- Johnny Depp
- Cate Blanchett
- John Turturro
- Harry Dean Stanton
- Oleg Yankovskiy
- Don Fellows
- Claudia Lander-Duke
- Danny Scheinmann
- Anna Tzelniker
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Man Who Cried about?
- A gifted singer searches for her lost father while love, performance, and inherited identity collide with the Nazi advance across Europe.
- What is The Man Who Cried like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Man Who Cried as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Man Who Cried violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Man Who Cried as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Man Who Cried?
- Critics broadly found the historical romance overwrought, awkwardly plotted, and weakened by flatly drawn characters.
- Which films are like The Man Who Cried?
- Films with a similar feel include The English Patient, Suite Française, and The Golden Bowl.
- How long is The Man Who Cried?
- The Man Who Cried runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Man Who Cried?
- In United States, The Man Who Cried is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
