Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci? Yes indeed! As an avid Johnny Depp fan I began this movie expecting to be fully entertained. I was not disappointed. He and Christina Ricci (who really wowed me with her role as Suzie) were phenomenal together. The plot was enthralling, the additional actors (John Turturro and Cate Blanchett) were remarkable, and I never once felt as is the movie were dragging. It offers insight into these characters lives and you can feel what they're feeling. What did me in was the scene in which Ceasar (Depp) and Suzie saw each other for the last time. I will not give details, but the scene was emotionally moving. This is definitely one for the collection. Bravo all!

Sally Potter's work, The Man Who Cried, is a beautiful abstract film with sparse dialog. This puts many viewers off, accustomed as we are to wordy cinema, but Ms. Potter carries it off with aplomb, setting a series of beautiful, emotionally expressive tableaux before our eyes. I especially liked the development of the character of the child in the Russian scenes. When she appears, Ms. Ricci's face and demeanor is convincingly that of the girl now grown up. As for Mr. Depp, his role is that of a romantic icon, and he serves well. This is the kind of film to be watched on a quiet day, when you have time to kick back an just let it flow over you. Don't rent it to watch with friends. It's not a sociable movie.

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