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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,... 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]
Starring: Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Louis Miller
Starring: Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Louis Miller, John Beasley, Rod Steiger, Paul Mazursky, Robert Wagner, Cathy Moriarty, Meat Loaf, Richard Schiff, Noah Emmerich
Director: Antonio Banderas
Director: Antonio Banderas
Screenwriter: Mark Childress
Producer: Meir Teper, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Debra Hill
Composer: Mark Snow
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Reviews for Crazy in Alabama
Mr. Banderas fills his movie with lots of overbearingly stylized imagery. The results are something like a big-budget student film.
Despite some rough intertwining, Crazy is an impressive directing debut from Banderas.
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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