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Crazy Love (2007)

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Reviews Counted:83

Fresh:64

Rotten:19

Average Rating:7/10

Consensus: Crazy Love’s subjects and story are so compelling that they overcome the doc’s dry, talking heads format.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for language including sexual references, and mature thematic elements.

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Jun 1, 2007 Limited

Box Office: $161,978

Synopsis: Dan Klores' CRAZY LOVE tells the astonishing story of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship of Burt and Linda Pugach, which shocked the nation during the summer of 1959. Burt, a 32 year-old... Dan Klores' CRAZY LOVE tells the astonishing story of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship of Burt and Linda Pugach, which shocked the nation during the summer of 1959. Burt, a 32 year-old married attorney and Linda, a beautiful, single 20 year-old girl living in the Bronx had a whirlwind romance, which culminated in a violent and psychologically complex set of actions that landed the pair's saga on the cover of endless newspapers and magazines. With the cooperation of the principles, Burt, now 79, and Linda, 68, Klores examines the human psyche and the concepts of love, obsession, insanity, hope and forgiveness. CRAZY LOVE recently had its world premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and earned the Best Documentary award at the 2007 Santa Barbara Film Festival. --© Magnolia Pictures [More]

Starring: Burt Pugach, Linda Pugach

Starring: Burt Pugach, Linda Pugach

Director: Dan Klores

Director: Dan Klores
Producer: Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens
Composer: Douglas J. Cuomo
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

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As with all banner-head stories, there comes a point when you tire of being screamed at.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
09/22/07
Melissa Anderson
Melissa Anderson
Time Out New York

some quite serious questions are actually dealt with in admirable fashion

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/31/07
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

An irresistible comic shocker, with more satisfying surprise twists to its narrative than one finds in a novel by Patricia Highsmith.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
06/29/07
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Crazy Love is a rarity in documentaries; it's fun.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
01/25/07
Mark Bell
Mark Bell
Film Threat

I could tell you all the surprises that make the loopy documentary Crazy Love such an odd treat, but then I'd be undermining the whole point of telling you to go.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
06/08/07
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post
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Dan Klores' documentary proves that truth really is stranger than fiction as it spins the tale of an infamous crime of passion--and its unbelievable result.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
06/08/07
Betsy Bozdech
Betsy Bozdech
Hollywood.com

Crazy Love scrapes away the cartoon exterior around this story and peers into the unknowable murk of the human heart.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
06/08/07
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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There hasn't been a documentary this sick since Kirby Dick's Sick!

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
09/22/07
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Klores tells this story as well as its ever likely to be told...[and] as stories go, this one's a doozy.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
06/15/07
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

You could not make this stuff up.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
06/08/07
Carina Chocano
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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Klores never succeeds in making these outrageous turns of events all that surprising and Crazy Love feels like obsession that's been warmed over once too often.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
05/31/07
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Some stories are so weird they could only be true.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
06/07/07
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Far too readily tends to play this pathetic story for laughs.

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09/22/07
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
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Crazy Love...sidles up to us, thrills and surprises us, seduces us with the pop flavor of its mid-century paperback aesthetic and its titillating tabloid tale. Crazy Love is chummy.

Full Review Source: Nick's Flick Picks | comment Comment
11/15/07
Nick Davis
Nick Davis
Nick's Flick Picks

It's hilarious, more than a little sad, and totally captivating... it's like really juicy gossip at the water cooler, only the people are telling the dirty secrets about themselves.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
06/22/07
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

The fascinating documentary Crazy Love is a real-world story in which possessiveness, stupidity, loyalty, and need are joined together in bewildering combinations.

Full Review Source: New Yorker | comment Comment
06/04/07
David Denby
David Denby
New Yorker
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What's missing from this unusual love story is love.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
06/01/07
Marcy Dermansky
Marcy Dermansky
About.com

Might be the greatest date movie ever made but not necessarily the best movie to see on a first or second date.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
05/29/07
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

The movie distills every functionally dysfunctional relationship you’ve ever had into one horrific case study.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
05/29/07
David Edelstein
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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Crazy Love seems to promise a demented, true-life film noir love story and winds up delivering an above-average A&E documentary.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
06/08/07
Jim Emerson
Jim Emerson
Chicago Sun-Times
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