Cry-Baby

"Good girls want him bad. Bad girls want him worse."

Apr 6 1990 PG-13 1h 25m
Comedy, Musical

A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.

Plot

Allison is a "square" good girl who has decided she wants to be bad and falls hard for Cry-Baby Walker, a Greaser (or "Drape" in John Waters parlance). Spoofing Elvis movies and Juvenile Delinquency scare films of the '50s, this movie follows the adventures of Cry-Baby who, though he is sent to juvie, is determined to cross class (and taste) boundaries to get Allison back.

Written by

John Waters

Directed by

John Waters

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
68,417
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
63
Popularity
NA