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Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:16
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: The story is not new, but the film gets credit for trying to move away from the genre's cliches. Kirsten Dunst and newcomer Jay Hernandez give believable performances.
Theatrical Release:Jun 29, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $16,162,786
Synopsis: CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL is not your typical teen romance. The film offers a grittier, more realistic take on the subject than most. It manages to be sweetly romantic without pandering to, or insulting, the... [More]
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Bruce Davison, Lucinda Jenney
Director: John Stockwell
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Reviews for Crazy/Beautiful
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07/05/01
Top CriticAs overproduced as a Super Bowl soft-drink commercial, so much so that even its potentially insightful moments seem like movie fakery.
07/03/01
Top CriticDunst, in her finest performance yet, has now transcended her fellow teen stars.
06/29/01
Top CriticThe movie is so predictable, it's not surprising that the script is credited to first-timers Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, and the direction to John Stockwell, a former acting peer to Tom Cruise.
06/29/01
Top CriticEven when the movie is bad -- which it is in its abrupt, mismanaged, final-act attempt to cram in moments of forgiveness and clarity -- it's addictively so.
06/29/01
Top CriticNot just a movie about adolescents, it's an adolescent movie-with all the desperate passion and misty conclusions you might expect.
06/29/01
Top CriticWonderfully unsentimental and smart.
06/29/01
Top CriticA nifty piece of teenage romantic piffle, it combines two strong and attractive performances with a shameless 'they live in two different worlds' plot line to amiably entertaining effect.
06/29/01
Top CriticA rare teen film that spends less time pandering to wish-fulfilling fantasies than baring honest interpersonal realities.
06/29/01
Top CriticStandard-issue romantic melodrama pitched specifically to teen-agers.
06/29/01
Top CriticA teen romance whose attraction is in the stars.
06/29/01
Top CriticIt seems unbelievable -- crazy, even -- to use the word 'integrity' in a review of a teen-oriented movie. But this one has it.
06/29/01
Top CriticAn unusually observant film about adolescence.
06/29/01
Top CriticPainting stock situations in a distinctive hue, this is the exceptional film that transcends its own triteness.
06/29/01
Top CriticAs Hollywood teen movies go, crazy/beautiful takes two steps forward and one step back. It's at war with itself. On the one hand, it wants to push the genre envelope, and does. But then it suffers a failure of nerve.
06/29/01
Top CriticCrazy/Beautiful has its flaws, but it's elementally entertaining, and believable enough to transport us completely into its world for an hour and a half.
06/28/01
Top CriticIt could, if the filmmakers had trusted themselves and the actors a bit more, have lived up to its title.
06/28/01
Top CriticA teenage movie that trusts its audience -- it sounds crazy, but it's actually quite beautiful.
06/28/01
Top CriticDespite some terrific performances and an energetic start, the picture's maturity ultimately is stunted by awkward tone-shifting and character inconsistencies.
06/28/01
Top CriticLatest News for Crazy/Beautiful
November 30, 2006:
Box Office Guru Preview: "Nativity" Leads Trio of New Releases
The post-turkey blues will kick in as the North American box office should slump this weekend following a busy Thanksgiving holiday frame. More...
June 05, 2001:
Expect some steamy romantic scenes, even though Disney, releasing the film under its Touchstone banner, required that Stockwell deliver a PG-13. 
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June 05, 2001:
Dunst has already played everything from a vampire to a suicide, but director Stockwell says we’ll see a steamier side of her here: 'A lot of her fans are going to be thrown.'
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