Banderas has taken a brilliant novel and made a small movie with lots of bright moments.
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Crazy in Alabama (1999)
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Reviews Counted:54
Fresh:17
Rotten:37
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: Melanie Griffith gets kudos for her performance, but the movie just doesn't seem to come together.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Comedies
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,... [More]
Starring: Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Louis Miller
Director: Antonio Banderas
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Reviews for Crazy in Alabama
Banderas proves that you can successfully make a film that doesn't relate directly to you, simply if the underlying themes are felt deeply enough.
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Crazy in Alabama is certainly well-meaning and good-looking, and it has moments of genuine insight.
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A winning work of small charms and praise-worthy performances.
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Melanie Griffith makes it a husband - and - wife triumph with an appealing lead performance.
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Banderas directs capably enough to keep the film lively.
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Top CriticNever has a woman been more lovingly directed by her real-life husband in a Hollywood film.
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Top CriticCrazy in Alabama is a genuinely fine, albeit lost-in-time, movie.
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A sharp eye and direction from Antonio Banderas and a captivating performance by Melanie Griffith.
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The sweetly endearing craziness of Griffith is an effective contrast to the quiet intensity of Black, who was so wonderful in Sling Blade.
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Top CriticFunny, eccentric and touchingly just.
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As for Griffith, it's the best role she's had since Working Girl.
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Top CriticThe director has assembled some good thesps and handles them well.
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Top CriticCrazy in Alabama manages to be both sweeping and small, quirky and sincere, and offers Melanie Griffith her best role in years.
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Campy as a flick by Banderas' evident artistic mentor, Pedro Almódovar.
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Watching Crazy in Alabama is like dating someone with a split personality, each side of which is competing jealously for your attention.
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Mr. Banderas fills his movie with lots of overbearingly stylized imagery. The results are something like a big-budget student film.
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