The Crying Game

The Crying Game centres on Fergus, a member of the IRA who is guarding a captured British soldier, Jody. The two men form an unexpected bond despite the objections of Fergus's comrades, and Jody asks Fergus to look up his girlfriend, Dil, in London should anything happen to him. When Fergus later leaves the organisation and moves to the city, he seeks Dil out, and a relationship develops even as his former associates pursue him.

Neil Jordan directed and wrote the film, the fifth of the fifteen features he has directed, following We're No Angels and preceding Interview with the Vampire. Stephen Rea plays Fergus, with Miranda Richardson as Jude, Forest Whitaker as Jody, Jaye Davidson as Dil, Adrian Dunbar as Maguire and Breffni McKenna as Tinker. Stephen Woolley produced the film, which runs 112 minutes and was made by Film4 Productions, British Screen Productions, Palace Pictures and Nippon Film Development and Finance Inc.

Released in September 1992, the film had a budget of 4 million US dollars and took about 63 million US dollars worldwide, a return far beyond its cost. On IMDb it holds 7.2 out of 10 from some 59,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 6.8 out of 10 from a much smaller group of voters. A critics' rating of 8.3 out of 10 from 74 reviews places it well above the audience scores.