The Man Who Cried Critic Reviews

This is an amazingly ambitious movie, not so much because of the time and space it covers (a lot), but because Potter trusts us to follow her heroine through one damn thing after another.Read the full review

It feels both big and little, concentrating as it does on the small movements in people's lives and the huge tides of history.Read the full review

A curious but intriguing movie that leaves you bemused and more than a little confused.Read the full review

The imagery is lush, but the story is pretty cornball, with an ending that can only be called pure Hollywood. Only the marvelous Cate Blanchett transcends stereotype.Read the full review

There's only one performer in the movie who looks completely at ease with what he's doing: the horse.Read the full review

It's hard to be drawn into a movie if you're never entirely sure what it's supposed to be about, other than about 100 minutes.Read the full review

Potter gets the period details right, but the film itself has long since flown off the rails, miring good intentions in rank soap opera.Read the full review

There is even less going on between Ricci and Depp here than there was in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," mostly because Potter gives them nothing to play.Read the full review

Sally Potter, who leapt to critical attention with her 1992 adaptation of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" -- makes a serious misstep with The Man Who Cried.Read the full review