Crazy in Alabama 1999

Critics score:
30 / 100

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Roger Ebert, At the Movies: Crazy in Alabama is an ungainly fit of three stories that have no business being shoehorned into the same movie. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: Crazy in Alabama manages to be both sweeping and small, quirky and sincere, and offers Melanie Griffith her best role in years. Read more

Dallas Morning News: Mr. Banderas fills his movie with lots of overbearingly stylized imagery. The results are something like a big-budget student film. Read more

Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune: A key problem is that the Lucille storyline just doesn't work. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Banderas directs capably enough to keep the film lively. Read more

Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: As for Griffith, it's the best role she's had since Working Girl. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Crazy in Alabama needs to have been unified by a strong vision and style, and a shrewd, distinctive sense of humor. Read more

Houston Chronicle: Despite some rough intertwining, Crazy is an impressive directing debut from Banderas. Read more

Entertainment Weekly: Campy as a flick by Banderas' evident artistic mentor, Pedro Almodovar. Read more

Globe and Mail: Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Read more

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com: Read more

Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle: It's troubling to watch it stray and ramble as first-time director Antonio Banderas struggles to pull disparate elements together. Read more

Time Out: Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: The director has assembled some good thesps and handles them well. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Stylistically uneven. Read more