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This has to be the best film ever to "win" a Razzie for Worst Picture of the Year. It may be flawed but it remains a good old-fashioned piece of romantic spy entertainment with many great sequences and impressive work by all departments of the production.

The fact that Maggie Smith and the score did not get Oscar nominations is an outrage, no matter how little business the film did.

I don't use the term "greatest movie ever made" lightly. I actually NEVER use it, except for when it comes to this masterpiece. Superb performances, exceptional writing (which won Neil Jordan an Oscar) and battles with "The Sixth Sense" and "Psycho" for having the biggest surprise/twist in a movie - ever! A twist which, like with the other two films mentioned before, was so respected that people DIDN'T spread the word about its nature. But it's not great because of that famous twist. It's great because it simply works on every level on a haunting, gentle and very simple way. Nothing is forced, and the whole thing (twist not-with-standing) has one of the most unpredictable stories ever told on film. Starts out as a hostage thriller, then turns into a drama, then an intimate love story and then ... well, I wouldn't want to give anything away to the unlucky person that has missed one of the greatest cinematic experiences in the history of film... Don't go on being left out. Give in to "The Crying Game" now!