Connecting Lucille's actions with the boy's in a way that makes sense is a challenge that first-time director Antonio Banderas and screenwriter Mark Childress fail to meet.
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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: Dramas
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
Of course, it’s probably foolhardy to expect logic or realism from a movie with the word 'crazy' in the title.
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When it comes to pacing, Banderas is hopeless.
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Griffith's performance is daffy and endearing, but the twisted comedy of her half of the tale eventually drives the movie right off the rails.
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A key problem is that the Lucille storyline just doesn't work.
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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 CriticThere are a lot of movies struggling to get out of Crazy in Alabama, and most of them are bad.
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Crazy in Alabama is an ungainly fit of three stories that have no business being shoehorned into the same movie.
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Top CriticCrazy in Alabama ends up in a state of confusions.
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Melanie Griffith makes it a husband - and - wife triumph with an appealing lead performance.
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The movie flounders in the final reels, as a series of overextended courtroom scenes threaten to spell out every message Banderas and Childress have already underlined.
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A sharp eye and direction from Antonio Banderas and a captivating performance by Melanie Griffith.
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The film is all over the board and never demonstrates a dominant personality to lead the viewer through the story.
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Because the civil rights sections are somber and serious and the Lucille sections exaggerated and giddy, Crazy in Alabama never finds any cohesive tone.
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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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Top CriticThe 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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Banderas directs capably enough to keep the film lively.
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Top CriticThe director has assembled some good thesps and handles them well.
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Top CriticMelanie Griffith's presence causing the upbeat portion of Mark Childress' story to drag its feet, the movie tips out of kilter.
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