Crazy/Beautiful

Pros: Better than the average teen film for the summer which features toiler humor
Cons: Somewhat predictable

Back in the late 60's a very "controversial" movie named "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" dealt with multi-racial relationships. It had an outstanding cast with Spencer Tracy playing the liberal newspaper publisher who had fought racism his whole life....

Pros: Jay Hernandez - WOW - He's got a future in movies!
Cons: Fell into cheap cliches during the latter half.

I will give Kirsten Dunst another chance. I know, watching her is like fingernails on a chalk board, but every one deserves a second chance, right???

Let's get this straight, there's just something about Kirsten that...

Pros: Kirsten Dunst is an angel. Jay Hernandez is fantastic.
Cons: If you haven't seen this one before, you don't see many movies.

I love Kirsten Dunst. Always have. I was fascinated by her performance in Interview with the Vampire and I've enjoyed watching her grow up over the years in movies like Greedy, Jumanji, Wag the Dog, Small Soldiers, Drop Dead Gorgeous,...

Pros: Good Story, Happy Ending
Cons: Sex Happy Teens, Sometimes Over Acted

We finally rented this movie to watch on a week night. I wasn't sure what to expect, I didn't really want to see it in theaters and didn't bother to read any reviews about it. I kind of thought it was going to be another cheesy teen flick. But I was...

Pros: A great tale about how people matter, not "races."
Cons: Why does Hollywood have to continually promote sex for teenagers?

The other morning my buddy Mike Holmes (epinionator mike.holmes) and I were having breakfast, and I said, "Mike, I've had a revelation. I think the word "races" is a human invention. That word doesn't exist in God's vocabulary. God sees us all as One...

Pros: Kirsten Dunst's & Jay Hernandez's performances under John Stockwell's direction & multi-generational appeal
Cons: Familiar plot and self-conscious lower-case title

It's rare to rind a teenage love story that appeals to adults too, but this saga of a rich, rebellious California Congressman's daughter and a poor Hispanic guy from East L.A. who has faith in her crosses generational boundaries as it explores the...

Pros: Jay Hernandez and Kirsten Dunst
Cons: The plot

"You're crazy." "You're beautiful." This is the line that inspired the title for crazy/beautiful.

I gathered together a bunch of movies when I knew I'd have a boring weekend as college. Finals were coming up, and I needed...

Pros: Jay Hernandez is a find.
Cons: Meandering and cheesy.

I’m old. Officially. While I may only be looking at the sunset of my 20s, age is more a state of mind than a time of biological existence. So when I find a story about young teen love as being more foolish than romantic, I know I’ve crossed that great...

Pros: The main actors, sexy chemistry, some nice moments.
Cons: Too many cliches, and too many musical interludes.

I’ve discovered something recently about new Hollywood films, I think. I’m starting to believe that they are little more than very long music videos. Certainly, watching them is like watching two hours of MTV (or Much Music here in Canada, of...

Pros: Well-acted, somewhat more real than most teen fare.
Cons: A little "afterschool special"-ish

The Movie: (film review done in Summer, 2001) "crazy/beautiful" has just started its opening ...

Pros: Terrific performances; a nice understated tone.
Cons: Formulaic.

From the first moment we see her raggedly shorn locks, punky wardrobe, and sense the carefree, brazenly sexual attitude behind it all, in crazy/beautiful it's clear that Kirsten Dunst is no longer the little girl who first captured attention with...

Pros: Characters, emotions, themes.
Cons: At times nearly sinks to its genre. Nearly

I did not walk into this movie expecting to be impressed. Truth be told, I have a crush on Kirsten Dunst and just wanted to see her in something I could laugh at and still gaze upon the wonder of her face, body and emotions. I was disappointed. Because...

Pros: Really good performances and story.
Cons: None

I expected to see another old "teen flick" when I viewed Crazy Beautiful, but I was a little surprised. This was a little more serious and had a bit of a good message compared to most of the "teen flicks" around. Absent from this film was the...

Pros: A truly enjoyable teen coming-of-age tale of young love...
Cons: Some predictable moments...The girls really aren't that likable at the beginning of the film

It seems that Hollywood tends to hand us two types of teen girl stereotypes. They're either beautiful and stuck up, or they're homely and are just waiting to be made attractive by some handsome high school stud.

Teen guys tend to be...

Pros: Fresh mix of a familiar plot.
Cons: Haven't we seen this before?

We’ve all heard the adage that there are no new stories, only new ways to tell them. Crazy/Beautiful is an attempt to give us a new look at a theme around since Shakespeare’s day: young lovers from opposite worlds fight to stay together. No one dies...