When I was a teenager "The Crying Game" managed to surprise and touch. I watched it again last night and the magic is still there. Neil Jordan just have the touch.
A soldier, Jody (Forest Whitaker) is kidnapped by the terrorist group of IRA. He forms a surprising friendship with one of his kidnappers, Fergus (brilliant Stephen Rea) who has "a killer smile" but has also a heart. Jody adjures Fergus to go and find his loved one if something would happen to him...
Neil Jordan has written an amazing script which makes you laugh and cry. The story is very well structured. It is a story of love as an universal thing. This is the philosophy that is very dear to me. Jordan masquerades brilliantly human reflections through well-written characters like Fergus and Dil (Jaye Davidson). Dil's character gets to say the best punch-lines in addition of Fergus. The metaphor of the scorpion and the frog reflects human nature greatly.
The acting is fantastic. Stephen Rea is always very charming in his subtle way. Forest Whitaker was then just starting but his performance as Jody is touching. Jaye Davidson was a very good finding to play Dil. Miranda Richardson is ice-cold and cool as Jude. Jim Broadbent is funny as the bartender Col.
What a great movie! 10/10!
A soldier, Jody (Forest Whitaker) is kidnapped by the terrorist group of IRA. He forms a surprising friendship with one of his kidnappers, Fergus (brilliant Stephen Rea) who has "a killer smile" but has also a heart. Jody adjures Fergus to go and find his loved one if something would happen to him...
Neil Jordan has written an amazing script which makes you laugh and cry. The story is very well structured. It is a story of love as an universal thing. This is the philosophy that is very dear to me. Jordan masquerades brilliantly human reflections through well-written characters like Fergus and Dil (Jaye Davidson). Dil's character gets to say the best punch-lines in addition of Fergus. The metaphor of the scorpion and the frog reflects human nature greatly.
The acting is fantastic. Stephen Rea is always very charming in his subtle way. Forest Whitaker was then just starting but his performance as Jody is touching. Jaye Davidson was a very good finding to play Dil. Miranda Richardson is ice-cold and cool as Jude. Jim Broadbent is funny as the bartender Col.
What a great movie! 10/10!