90
Metascore
22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversRea and Davidson are incomparably good in an exceptional film that is by turns darkly funny and deeply affecting. Though Jordan's control sometimes falters, it's a small price to pay for his daring.
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOne of a very few films that wants to do something unexpected and challenging, and succeeds even beyond its ambitions. See this film. Then shut up about it.
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanBy the time The Crying Game is over, you'll never look at beauty in quite the same way.
- 100Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThis offbeat emotional thriller is an unusually satisfying film, intricately constructed, surely directed and splendidly acted. [25 Nov 1992]
- Mr. Jordan's screenplay... is both efficient and ingenious. The physical production is as lush as the film's romantic longings. [26 Sept 1992]
- 100Washington PostWashington PostFrom the performances by Rea, Davidson and Whitaker, to Jordan's endlessly original script, to Anne Dudley's melancholy score, and Lyle Lovett's closing rendition of "Stand by Your Man," The Crying Game enthralls and amazes us. It deserves to be called great.
- 88Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneA crackling good movie. [18 Dec 1992]
- 80Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumAn adroit piece of storytelling from Irish writer-director Neil Jordan that's ultimately less challenging to conventional notions about race and sexuality than it may at first seem... The three leads are first-rate.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's a movie filled with surprises, including one outright kick in the head that qualifies as one of the biggest movie moments of 1992. [18 Dec 1992]
- 63Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittParts of the film are flatly directed...It certainly keeps the audience guessing, though, and few movies explode so many stereotypes. [31 Dec 1992]