Doremus reportedly gave his cast the fundamentals of the story and they, in turn, created improvised dialogue to flesh it out.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 14, 2020

The film, for the most part, is quiet, intimate, and willing to reach for an emotional authenticity that could leave everyone involved looking rather silly.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 26, 2020

Like Crazy is a love story told from the heart that melts like cotton candy on your tongue.

Full Review | Jan 17, 2020

A beautifully rendered film, with imaginative editing, spectacular cinematography and two charming, naturalistic performances from Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 27, 2019

Not without faults, but it's through sheer tenacity, candor and the air of authenticity Doremus, Jones and Yelchin are able to establish that it can differentiate itself from other films of its ilk.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 14, 2018

Writer/director Drake Doremus... pulls very good performances from a young cast...

Full Review | Oct 23, 2017

...an uneven endeavor from a promising new filmmaker...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 24, 2013

I'll admit that my heart broke a little by film's end, as the camera rested on Yelchin and Jones's faraway looks and Stars' sublime "Dead Hearts" flooded the soundtrack.

Full Review | Nov 5, 2013

Felicity Jones will break your heart at least once

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 28, 2012

"Are you a romantic or a realist? Like Crazy is the rare romantic drama made for both."

Full Review | Oct 24, 2012

This likeable low budget American indi is kept fresh by Yelchin and Jones who are endearing as the star-crossed lovers.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 9, 2012

It makes what could have been a sweet and involving tour de force into a rather heavy-handed drama

Full Review | Feb 25, 2012

Managing to keep melodrama at a distance, it's nonetheless impossible not to get swept up in the relationship.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 9, 2012

This film not only provides an effective love story. It goes well beyond that to examine the way believable characters deal with problems resulting from forced separation due to immigration policies.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Feb 2, 2012

Felicity Jones shines in Drake Doremus' deceptively simple romance, a refreshing take on an age-old dilemma.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 29, 2012

It would be a good date movie for a couple on the point of breaking up.

Full Review | Jan 29, 2012

The deeply-felt chemistry between Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin helps Like Crazy to capture the tragic ironies of young love in a diverting, mature, and ultimately heartbreaking manner.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 29, 2012

It is poignant and moving, and by the time its last, touchingly incandescent final image flickers into darkness I almost couldn't believe all I had been lucky enough to witness.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 27, 2012

As so many others have done before, Drake Doremus captures the giddy excitement of courtship; what makes his film more unusual is that he then hangs around to observe the nitty-gritty of making the ensuing relationship work.

Full Review | Jan 27, 2012

Worth seeing for a luminous performance by Felicity Jones, who's even more impressive than she was in Chalet Girl.

Full Review | Jan 26, 2012