The Crying Game (1992)

Star Rating- 3
Length of Film- 112 minutes
Director- Neil Jordan
Cast- Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea, Adrian Dunbar, Breffni McKenna, Joe Savino, Jaye Davidso, Andree Bernard, Jim Broadbent, Ralph Brown, & Tony Slattery
Oscar- Neil Jordan (screenplay)
Oscar Nominations- Stephen Woolley (best picture), Neil Jordan (director), Stephen Rea (actor), Jaye Davidson (actor in support role), & Kant Pan (editing)






In cinema history, there are movies that are so memorable that word spreads about the best part, the "WHOA! I CANNOT BELIEVE I JUST SAW THAT!" For example, There's Something About Mary, I'll never forget that Mary confuses cum for hair gel, or when Sally is at the restaurant and fakes an orgasm in When Harry Met Sally, and where you find out that Bruce Willis' character has been dead the whole time in The Sixth Sense. The Crying Game is an example of the films above.

The movies starts out with Jody (Forest Whitaker) and Jude (Miranda Richardson) at a carnival. While making out, Jody and Jude get bombarded by men who grab Jody and put a bag over his head. It is explained to him by the kidnappers, and they are using him as ransom. If they had not come to an agreement, Jody was going to die in 3 days. You see...the British and Irish Republican Army have been enemies for quite some time. Jude is apart of the Irish Republican Army, and all of this is planned.

Fergus (Stephen Rea) was the watchman and he and Jody became close. Jody told him took look in his wallet so he can see a picture of his woman, Dil (Jaye Davidson). Jody asked him to find her and take care of her. Jody ends up dying by getting ran over by a military vehicle.

Blah...blah...blah...Dil and Fergus started making out and things were heating up. Dil excused herself to the bathroom, and she comes out in a red silk robe. She opens up the robe and reveals that she's actually A GUY. And you do get to see a penis.


I am surprised that I have not heard about this HUGE spoiler because having a main character in a film turn out to be a tranny?! WOWZA. More happens in the film, but everything goes down hill after the revealing of the penis. :o( The story line is very futurist for 1992, and I bet they dropped a lot of mouths 20 years ago, and many years to come.