Crazy in Alabama (1999)
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Synopsis: Banderas' directorial debut has enough plots for two movies. In one, crazy Lucille (Griffith) chops off her husband's head and flees to Hollywood to become a star. In another, a small black boy, Taylor Jackson (Miller), is the victim of brutally vicious racism, sparking a heated civil rights... Banderas' directorial debut has enough plots for two movies. In one, crazy Lucille (Griffith) chops off her husband's head and flees to Hollywood to become a star. In another, a small black boy, Taylor Jackson (Miller), is the victim of brutally vicious racism, sparking a heated civil rights battle. All of this is seen through the eyes of Peejoe (Black), a young boy who recounts the events with a nostalgic memory, bringing all of the various subplots together. [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Louis Miller, John Beasley
Screenwriter: Mark Childress
Producer: Meir Teper, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Debra Hill
Composer: Mark Snow
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Reviews
Banderas' direction is as unstable as an isotope on Three Mile Island.
Watching Crazy in Alabama is like dating someone with a split personality, each side of which is competing jealously for your attention.
Despite some rough intertwining, Crazy is an impressive directing debut from Banderas.
Mr. Banderas fills his movie with lots of overbearingly stylized imagery. The results are something like a big-budget student film.
Banderas has taken a brilliant novel and made a small movie with lots of bright moments.
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