It was about time that I watch my first John Waters movie. So I finally did.
I still know very little about John Waters and his movies. I know he is crass and trying to shock. I know he had Divine eat shit on Pink Flamingos. And I knew he has a cameo in Lonely Islands "The Creep". But that's about it.
For some reason I had never heard of this movie up until it came out on Netflix. I guess when people talk about John Waters it's either Pink Flamingos or the Hairspray Remake. So I was surprised to see Johnny Depp in that kind of movie.
In this take on the Greaser-Musical genre, he plays Cry-Baby, the cool bad guy who is the lead in a band loved by all the cool kids. And there's this one girl, one of the good kids, who falls in love with him.
It's the basic plot we've seen a billion times of forbidden love and class differences. But this time it's played up to a level I could never imagine. It's all parody and most importantly, weirdness. There's no normal people in this.
The songs were actually pretty good, I couldn't sing any of them right now, but they were enjoyable enough to keep me hooked. Also it wasn't too many songs, just the right mix, if you ask me.
I enjoyed this movie even though it was crazy and weird, or maybe because it was. I rate it 3.5 out of 5 stars and a like. It's surely not for everyone, but it's a movie to check out for sure.
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