History YMMV / TheCryingGame

** Dil. And HOW. That poor hairdresser puts up with a lot. Her boyfriend gets killed, she has to put up with a creepy male stalker, [[spoiler: faces some discrimination from others due to being transgender, Fergus runs away after discovering her secret (though he does comes back to her) and almost contemplated suicide after killing Jude, only for Fergus to take the rap for her and have her boyfriend go to prison for her]].

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film's UK response was lukewarm, considering it "just another IRA drama". However, the PlotTwist made it a major artistic hit in America, which was fascinated by the gender identity politics angle of the film.

The Woobie: Dil, and HOW. That poor hairdresser puts up with a lot.
Jody as well.

** Dil. And HOW. That poor hairdresser puts up with a lot. Her boyfriend gets killed, [[spoiler: Fergus runs away after discovering her secret (though he comes back to her) and almost contemplated suicide after killing Jude only for Fergus to take the rap for her and have her boyfriend go to prison for her]].

%%* TheWoobie:
%%** Dil

* FairForItsDay: The film is still questioned for its [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity vagueness]] as to the nature of Dil's gender, whether she's a transgender woman or just a gay male drag queen who prefers female pronouns.[[note]]It's strongly implied she's the former, since she wants no part of her former masculinity; even the most effeminate drag queens usually identify as male outside of their drag persona[[/note]] However, it very nicely avoids the too-frequent "trap" stereotype often associated with trans people and characters by framing the reveal that she has a penis as nothing more than an awkward misunderstanding, rather than a deception, and otherwise treats it as a non-issue once Fergus gets over his initial shock. As worldly as Fergus seems to be, he's socially inexperienced and very naive.

* FairForItsDay: The film is still questioned for its [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity vagueness]] as to the nature of Dil's gender, whether she's a transgender woman or just a gay male drag queen who prefers female pronouns.[[note]]It's strongly implied she's the former, since she wants no part of her former masculinity; even the most effeminate drag queens usually identify as male outside of their drag persona[[/note]] However, it very nicely avoids the too-frequent "trap" stereotype often associated with trans people and characters by framing the reveal that she has a penis as nothing more than an awkward misunderstanding, rather than a deception, and otherwise treats it as a non-issue once Fergus gets over his initial shock.

* FairForItsDay: The film is still questioned for its [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity vagueness]] as to the nature of Dil's gender, whether she's a transgender woman or just a gay male drag queen who prefers female pronouns.[[note]It's strongly implied she's the former, since she wants no part of her former masculinity[[/note]] However, it very nicely avoids the too-frequent "trap" stereotype often associated with trans people and characters by framing the reveal that she has a penis as nothing more than an awkward misunderstanding, rather than a deception, and otherwise treats it as a non-issue once Fergus gets over his initial shock.

* FairForItsDay: The film is still questioned for its [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity vagueness]] as to the nature of Dil's gender, whether she's a transgender woman or just a gay male drag queen who prefers female pronouns. However, it very nicely avoids the too-frequent "trap" stereotype often associated with trans people and characters by framing the reveal that she has a penis as nothing more than an awkward misunderstanding, rather than a deception, and otherwise treats it as a non-issue once Fergus gets over his initial shock.

* FairForItsDay: The film is still questioned for its [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity vagueness]] as to nature of Dil's gender, whether she's a transgender woman or just a gay male drag queen who prefers female pronouns. However, it very nicely avoids the too-frequent "trap" stereotype often associated with trans people and characters by framing the reveal that she has a penis as nothing more than an awkward misunderstanding, rather than a deception, and otherwise treats it as a non-issue once Fergus gets over his initial shock.

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: TropeNamer. Pretty much the only thing most people know about the film is that Dil has a penis, and specifically how Fergus finds that out. This was further exemplified when the Academy Awards themselves actually manage to spoil the big surprise of ''The Crying Game'' (for markets that hadn't aired the film yet, like Australia, and those who just hadn't seen the film yet) by nominating Jaye Davidson for Best Supporting ''Actor''. To the film's credit, the drama and romance isn't compromised by previous knowledge of the twist.
** In fairness to the Academy, the Oscar nod was not a ''total'' giveaway of the plot twist, as it was not unheard of for an actor to play a [[CrossCastRole character of the opposite gender]] with no apparent in-universe explanation (such as Creator/LindaHunt's Oscar-winning performance as Billy Kwan in ''Film/TheYearOfLivingDangerously''), so some viewers who were aware of the nomination might have simply assumed that Dil was played by a male actor for no real reason.

** TheReveal has been the subject of so many parodies and jokes that even people who have never seen the movie know the twist.

** In fairness to the Academy, the Oscar nod was not a ''total'' giveaway of the plot twist, as it was not unheard of for an actor to play a [[CrossCastRole character of the opposite gender]] with no apparent in-universe explanation (such as Creator/LindaHunt's Oscar-winning performance as Billy Kwan in ''Film/TheYearOfLivingDangerously''), so some viewers who were aware of the nomination might have simply assumed that the "female" Dil was, for whatever reason, being played by a male actor.

* FunWithAcronyms: ''Time'' magazine surreptitiously gave away the reveal - the initial letters from each paragraph of its review spelt out SHE IS A HE.

** In fairness to the Academy, the Oscar nod was not a ''total'' giveaway of the plot twist, as it was not unheard of for an actor to play a [[CrossCastRole character of the opposite gender]] with no apparent in-universe explanation (such as Linda Hunt's Oscar-winning performance as Billy Kwan in ''Film/TheYearOfLivingDangerously''), so some viewers who were aware of the nomination might have simply assumed that the "female" Dil was, for whatever reason, being played by a male actor.

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: TropeNamer. Dil has a penis. This was further exemplified when the Academy Awards themselves actually manage to spoil the big surprise of ''The Crying Game'' (for markets that hadn't aired the film yet, like Australia, and those who just hadn't seen the film yet) by nominating Jaye Davidson for Best Supporting ''Actor''. To the film's credit, the drama and romance isn't compromised by previous knowledge of the twist.

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: Trope namer. Dil has a penis. This was further exemplified when the Academy Awards themselves actually manage to spoil the big surprise of ''The Crying Game'' (for markets that hadn't aired the film yet, like Australia, and those who just hadn't seen the film yet) by nominating Jaye Davidson for Best Supporting ''Actor''. To the film's credit, the drama and romance isn't compromised by previous knowledge of the twist.

* ItWasHisSled: TheReveal has been the subject of so many parodies and jokes that even people who have never seen the movie know the twist.

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: Trope namer. Dil has a penis. This was further exemplified when the Academy Awards themselves actually manage to spoil the big surprise of ''The Crying Game'' (for markets that hadn't aired the film yet, like Australia, and those who just hadn't seen the film yet) by nominating Jaye Davidson for Best Supporting ''Actor''.

* FairForItsDay: The film is still questioned for its vagueness as to nature of Dil's gender, whether she's a transgender woman or just a gay male drag queen who prefers female pronouns. However, it very nicely avoids the too-frequent "trap" stereotype often associated with trans people and characters by framing the reveal that she has a penis as nothing more than an awkward misunderstanding, rather than a deception, and otherwise treats it as a non-issue once Fergus gets over his initial shock.