Crazy in Alabama: Critic Reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

25

Campy as a flick by Banderas' evident artistic mentor, Pedro Almodovar.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

70

Banderas directs capably enough to keep the film lively.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

Stylistically uneven.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Carr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

Never has a woman been more lovingly directed by her real-life husband in a Hollywood film.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

Despite some rough intertwining, Crazy is an impressive directing debut from Banderas.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

Mr. Banderas fills his movie with lots of overbearingly stylized imagery. The results are something like a big-budget student film.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Mark Caro Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

38

A key problem is that the Lucille storyline just doesn't work.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

75

Crazy in Alabama manages to be both sweeping and small, quirky and sincere, and offers Melanie Griffith her best role in years.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)

The director has assembled some good thesps and handles them well.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

75

The sweetly endearing craziness of Griffith is an effective contrast to the quiet intensity of Black, who was so wonderful in Sling Blade.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

When it comes to pacing, Banderas is hopeless.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Moira MacDonald Film.com (Top Critic)

Too many scenes feel excessively underscored, either by Mark Snow's sentimental music, or by characters commenting on the action.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

63

Full Review » 10 years ago
Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

40

Crazy in Alabama needs to have been unified by a strong vision and style, and a shrewd, distinctive sense of humor.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

50

OK, Antonio, you love your wife, but that doesn't mean you have to cast her.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

25

Banderas' direction is as unstable as an isotope on Three Mile Island.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Greg Muskewitz eFilmCritic.com

60

Full Review » 10 years ago
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk

50

Full Review » 11 years ago
Dustin Putman DustinPutman.com

63

Banderas proves that you can successfully make a film that doesn't relate directly to you, simply if the underlying themes are felt deeply enough.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Eric Monder Film Journal International

Banderas needs to stick to his day job after this one.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Lawrence Toppman Charlotte Observer

[Rod Steiger] is the only man I know who can overact while his character is asleep.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Brian Webster Apollo Guide

57

Full Review » 12 years ago
E! Online

The movie lacks in emotional coherence.
Full Review » 12 years ago
George Meyer Orlando Weekly

Melanie Griffith's presence causing the upbeat portion of Mark Childress' story to drag its feet, the movie tips out of kilter.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert At the Movies

50

Crazy in Alabama is an ungainly fit of three stories that have no business being shoehorned into the same movie.
Full Review » 12 years ago