The Man Who Cried

2001 | Drama, Music, Romance, War

Synopsis

A young refugee traveling from Russia to America in search of her lost father falls for a gypsy horseman.

Scores

Overall Score
49.4
Popularity Percentile (Year)
58.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
37.3%
Review Aggregate
49.9

Critic Consensus

32.8% Fresh • 61 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 33% of 61 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, historical, emotional. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plothistoricalemotionalstylizedromanticpacing issuesgrittyrealisticmacabrepolitical

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Christina Ricci2001$1,438,000$2,547,000(est)
Cate Blanchett2001$885,000$1,568,000(est)
John Turturro2001$666,000$1,180,000(est)
Johnny Depp2001$545,000$965,000(est)
Harry Dean Stanton2001$466,000$825,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score35.0
RT critic review count69
Rotten Tomatoes audience score59.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating6.1
IMDb votes16,961

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2001$747,092$1,323,336
International2001$343,340$608,163
Worldwide2001$1,090,432$1,931,499

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2001$510,882$904,933
Digital Rentals ?2001N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?2001N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2001$9,167,000$16,237,650
Physical Purchases ?2001$13,696,000$24,259,938
TV & Streaming Revenue2001$298,837$529,334
Total Revenues2001$23,672,719$41,931,856
Expenses
Budget ?2001$20,000,000$35,426,312
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2001$872,000 (est)$1,544,587 (est)
Participations2001$473,000$837,832
Residuals ?2001$1,697,000$3,005,923
Interest & Overhead2001$4,000,000$7,085,262
Total Expenses2001$27,042,000$47,899,916
Movie Net Profit or Loss2001$-3,369,281$-5,968,060

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