The Crying Game (1992)
83%RT Audience Score: 78%
Awards & Nominations: Won 1 Oscar
22 wins & 46 nominations total
The Crying Game is famous for its shocking twist, but this thoughtful, haunting mystery grips the viewer from start to finish
The Crying Game is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get. Except in this case, you’re getting a thrilling and emotional rollercoaster ride that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew. With twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat, this movie is not to be missed. Just make sure you don’t let anyone spoil it for you, or you might end up crying too.
Production Company(ies)
Shangri-La Entertainment, Tuff Gong Pictures, Cowboy Films,
Distributor
Miramax Films, Live Video
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
3 Fournier Street, Spitalfields, London, England, UK
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for sexuality, strong violence and language
Year of Release
1993
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby SR
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 53m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Nov 25, 1992 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 3, 2012
Genre(s)
Mystery & Thriller
Keyword(s)
starring Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Forest Whitaker, Jim Broadbent, Ralph Brown, Adrian Dunbar, Jaye Davidson, directed by Neil Jordan, written by Neil Jordan, Mystery & thriller, box office performance, budget, reviewed by David Ansen, Kenneth Turan, Gene Siskel, Jay Boyar, Clifford Terry, LGBTQ, sexual politics, IRA, British soldier, kidnapped, girlfriend, London, enigmatic, Dil, political identity, compassion, suspenseful, emotional, surprising, challenging, haunting, gripping, shocking twist
Worldwide gross: $62,548,947
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $129,930,124
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 898
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 14,169,043
US/Canada gross: $62,548,947
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $129,930,124
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 590
US/Canada opening weekend: $101,107
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $210,025
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,652
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): £2,300,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Miranda Richardson – Jude
Forest Whitaker – Jody
Jim Broadbent – Broadbent
Ralph Brown – Dave
Adrian Dunbar – Maguire
Director(s)
Neil Jordan
Writer(s)
Neil Jordan
Producer(s)
Stephen Woolley
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
22 wins & 46 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (68) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (64) | Rotten (4)
A teasing, seductive intimacy immediately develops….The Crying Game is a very good movie indeed. It leaves one giddy.
February 8, 2018
David Ansen
Newsweek
TOP CRITIC
Suspenseful and emotionally complex, skillfully mixing politics with affairs of the heart, The Crying Game is something unexpected, a challenging new way to tell a very old story.
March 9, 2015
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
Seeing the film twice reveals two completely different viewer perspectives — a kind of “before and after” syndrome — and like any good film The Crying Game grows richer as it sinks into your thoughts.
March 9, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4
Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times
TOP CRITIC
One of the year’s best films.
March 9, 2015 | Rating: 4/4
Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
This film must be discovered as it unfolds: If anyone starts to tell you about it, hit him.
March 9, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel
TOP CRITIC
Its components are built upon deception and forgiveness, misconnections and misunderstandings, sexual jealousy and moral ambivalence, trust and loyalty, desperation and loneliness. It is also, not incidentally, a crackling good movie.
March 9, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4
Clifford Terry
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
As LGBTQ lovers of the movies, its important to see movies like this one, flaws and all, for that very reason. Watch it, and let the debate rage on.
March 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
David Reddish
Queerty
The Crying Game searches for its characters’ natures with a yearning that at once unveils yet retains mystery, not only in terms of sexual and political identity, but in the capacity for understanding and compassion.
March 18, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
This movie is basically equivalent to the Paul McCartney and Wings song “Band on the Run” in that there are three change-ups, it keeps you guessing, and you never know quite where the movie is going land.
September 15, 2019
Alexander Ryll
Gay Essential
With 20 years’ perspective, it really does seem an irretrievably ropey and dated melodrama, hamstrung by any number of strange elements.
November 10, 2018 | Rating: 2/5
PJ Nabarro
Patrick Nabarro
Jordan takes risks in this film, but they’re the wrong risks.
July 24, 2018
Vanessa Letts
The Spectator
There are more surprises in 20 minutes of this incredible Irish film than there are in 20 Hollywood pictures.
July 7, 2017
Eleanor Ringel Cater
Saporta Report (Atlanta)…
Plot
An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus (Stephen Rea), an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody (Forest Whitaker), a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by Jude (Miranda Richardson), another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody’s lover, a hairdresser named Dil (Jaye Davidson). Fergus adopts the name “Jimmy” and gets a job as a day laborer. He also starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus’ IRA background. But there is something about Dil that Fergus doesn’t know, either.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no goofy or funny or odd comment about the film in the Fresh Kernels database.
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