Crazy in Alabama
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: October 22, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
18
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Tries with intermittent success to juggle two stories. Read full review
40
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Somehow, Lucille's plight is meant to comment astutely on the civil-rights movement. Now that IS crazy.
50
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
Feels like two films that aren't closely related enough, either tonally or narratively, to warrant their intertwining. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleSteve Davis
There's much to enjoy here as long as your expectations aren't too high. Read full review
50
Film.comJohn Hartl
An Almodovar-like blend of laughs, drama and uplift, filled with the kinds of pop-art colors and pop-out performances that Almodovar loves. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Inadvertently does with the civil rights movement exactly what Banderas set out not to do: trivializes it.
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Mismatch of tone and material. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
Were some group to launch a rival to the Oscars called The Wackys, it could do worse than make crazed Crazy its first recipient.
40
L.A. WeeklyNicole Campos
The two disparate yet thematically linked storylines are far too faithfully transposed for a feature-length treatment -- crammed together, they're denied the space to flesh out as a cohesive whole. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Takes a while to arrive at what it has to say, but some of the performances kept me occupied in the meantime. Read full review
60
VarietyTodd McCarthy
The opposition of the two dramas winds up in gratifyingly moral and philosophical territory. Read full review
60
TNT RoughCutSjohnna McCray
Banderas has taken a brilliant novel and made a small movie with lots of bright moments, and honestly, that's quite an accomplishment for his debut.
50
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Banderas' direction is a bit of everything and a lot of not much.
40
SalonMary Elizabeth Williams
Disappoints with its simplistic, hollow narrative and characters. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
An ungainly fit of three stories that have no business being shoehorned into the same movie. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Banderas directs capably enough to keep the film lively. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
It's troubling to watch it stray and ramble as first-time director Antonio Banderas struggles to pull disparate elements together. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
The juxtaposition of grim reality and pure fantasy doesn't work...the entire film seem artificial and contrived. Read full review
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