From 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...read the complete Crying Game, The (1992) review at Washington Post (Hal Hinson)
This film is a brilliant and thrilling sexual mystery, a blockbuster that exposes queer and mainstream audiences alike to an attractive fantasy of alternative sexuality. Some writers in the gay press criticized Neil Jordan for shrouding his film in...read the complete Crying Game, The (1992) review at Popcorn Q Reviews
In some ways, 1992's The Crying Game had the best of all possible worlds: Though its crucial late-film twist was heavily praised by critics and touted by the media, it prompted a deathly serious cooperative conspiracy of public secrecy. The controversial...read the complete Crying Game, The (1992) review at The Onion A.V. Club