Some films keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time. There are films that make you feel. Occasionally, a film comes along that accomplishes both goals at once. It’s not a walk in the park.
One plot twist after another keeps us invested in Neil Jordan’s “The Crying Game.” In my opinion, it’s among the year’s best films.
Similarly to Hitchcock’s “Psycho” (1960), Jordan’s wonderful film entices us into its story, only to reveal that it’s about something else entirely. As the plot unravels, we begin to identify more and more with the hero, who was just as deceived as we were.
In the movie, we have to follow him through a heartbreak, but it’s worth it in the long run.
Forewarning: This is the type of film that will elicit animated debates in the days following its viewing. People are eager to discuss it. Don’t allow them to speak to you.. Anyone who tells you too much about “The Crying Game” isn’t doing you a favour, and you need to see it for yourself.
In fact, I strongly advise you to put this review on hold until you have seen the movie. For those who are still here, I promise to keep any spoilers at bay.
Forrest Whitaker plays a British soldier kidnapped by the IRA in Northern Ireland at the beginning of the film. A team of armed mercenaries, including Fergus (Stephen Rea), is protecting him in a forest hideout, where he is surrounded by a group of
other terrorists. If the British government does not free IRA prisoners, the soldier may be executed. During this time, Fergus is tasked with his protection, and as the two spend the night together, they grow to trust and like one another.
Fergus is shown a picture of the soldier’s girlfriend back in London, and the soldier asks him to look her up if he thinks he’ll die soon.
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To paraphrase Frank O’Connor, in this version of “A Guest of the Nation,” the IRA members of the 1920s make the fatal error of becoming friendly with a man they will eventually have to kill in the course of their mission.
However, the film comes to a surprising conclusion.
Later, Fergus is working as a labourer on a construction site in London under a different name.
He’s still got the photograph. For the soldier’s girlfriend, he goes to a beauty salon and finds her working there. He decides to get his hair cut on the spur of the moment. She goes to a local pub after work.
The film’s conclusion, on the other hand, is unexpected.
Later, under a different alias, Fergus is employed as a labourer in London on a construction site.
There are times when we know nothing and times when we know even less than that in this situation. As a result of our attachment to these characters, it’s surprising to see how their love story transcends all the plot twists to take on its own importance.
The casting is an important part of the movie’s success. True to his character, the ironic and vulnerable Dil comes across on screen as someone who is more than just the product of a writer’s imagination, but instead has a compelling and engaging personality all his own.
Fergus, played by Stephen Rea, is an essentially good person who has become involved in a violent and ruthless lifestyle. He doesn’t seem to care; perhaps Dil has more clout. Richardson plays a key role as an IRA terrorist who plays with Fergus both early and late in the film, mistaking sexual power for political principle.
As the writer and director of “Mona Lisa” (1987), which featured Bob Hoskins as a chauffeur who has a love-hate relationship with a prostitute, Neil Jordan first came into the public eye (Cathy Tyson).
A wide range of projects since then, from the strange supernatural comedy “High Spirits” to last year’s winsome fable “The Miracle,” have been directed by him.
One of the few films that dares to do something new and challenging, “The Crying Game” succeeds even more than the filmmakers could have dreamed of. Check out this movie. Then stop talking.
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