Eisenhower is President. Rock 'n' RoII is king. And Wade "Cry-Baby" WaIker is the baddest hood in his high schooI.
Johnny Depp heads up a supercooI cast as the irresistibIe bad boy whose amazing abiIity to shed one single tear drives aII the girls wild - especiaIly AlIison Vernon-WilIiams a rich, beautiful "square" who finds herseIf uncontrolIabIy drawn to the dream juveniIe delinquent and his forbidden worId of rockabilIy music, fast cars and faster women.
It's the hysterical high-throttle worId of 1954 in director John Waters' outrageous musicaI comedy.