Product Details

• Actors: Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah, Paul Reiser, J.T. Walsh, Bill Smitrovich
• Directors: Barry L. Young, Tony Bill
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: July 6, 2004
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000228ED6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #43,287 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Crazy People" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

From The New Yorker

Dudley Moore plays a stressed-out advertising copywriter who is committed to a sanitarium. And there, with the help of his fellow mental patients, he does his best "creative" work: campaigns that-in the movie's view-tell the truth about the products they advertise. The ads are hugely successful, and the ad-agency bigwigs, predictably, try to exploit the innocent eccentrics who've dreamed them up. The copywriter, meanwhile, is recovering his sanity and falling for the cutest of the loonies, played by Daryl Hannah. This desperate, interminable comedy is sort of a nightmare combination of "King of Hearts" and "Putney Swope"-with glossy Hollywood-style uplift thrown in. Honesty has nothing to do with the moviemakers' approach: they give the usual shoddy goods an old-fashioned hard sell. Screenplay by Mitch Markowitz. Directed, ineptly, by Tony Bill. -Terrence Rafferty
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

From the Back Cover

He's Dudley Moore, ("10," "Arthur"). She's Darryl Hannah ("Splash," "Roxanne," "Steel Magnolias"). Separately, they're two of Hollywood's most popular stars. Together they're Crazy People.

When a stressed out ad exec (Moore) proposes a "truth in advertising" scheme, he is promptly shipped off to a mental institution. There he teams up with a kooky blonde (Hannah) and a slew of nutty patients. What happens next is absolutely crazy because the public goes absolutely nuts for the new way of advertising. You'll chortle over the advertising slogans you've always wished Madison Avenue would use!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY!, January 18, 2000

By	frisky2000 "frisky2000" (smallville) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Crazy People (1990) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is classic comedy. Dudley Moore plays Emery, a goofy little ad ex who is fed up with the lies consumers are fed every day. His TRUTH IN ADVERTISING idea wins him a one way ticket to the loony bin where he meets sweet and naive Cathy (Daryl Hannah) Together the staff and other clients at the mental hospital are determined to make something of themselves. They are energized and inspired by Emery, who unwittingly wins back his former company's interest after an accidental truthful ad campaign makes headlines! This movie is full of fun, and will have you remembering a few clever lines. Wouldn't you just LOVE to tell someone off who is driving while talking on a cellular phone like Emery did ! It will also make you think twice about the advertising jibberish you see around you every day, since virtually NOBODY tells the truth in advertising.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You'll never forget it, March 27, 2004

By	pattiyork1 (Karup, Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crazy People (1990) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I decided to write a review because time and time again there are things that I come across in life that harken back to this movie. It's been nearly 15 years since the movie was released and yet I still remember many of the jokes from this film and many of the characters. I always recommend that people go get this movie. It's good for laughs and while it's no Oscar contender, you'll never forget it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A one-joke movie - but it's not a bad joke, February 9, 2008

By	Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Crazy People is a one joke movie, but the joke is given enough amusing variations as a very unwell looking adman Dudley Moore (in a part he took over when mystifying original choice John Malkovich walked out) starts designing honest ad campaigns and finds himself committed to a mental hospital alongside several benignly stereotyped cuckoos (this is NOT an attempt at an accurate portrayal of mental health) only to draw them into his brutal-truth-in-advertising campaign when the concept catches on. Some of the mock ads are great ("Don't go to France. The French are annoying. Come to Greece instead - we're nicer."), although there is one that falls horribly flat for modern audiences due to events long after its production - in this case a campaign for United Airlines stressing the dangers of flying but adding "Most of our passengers get there alive."

As usual per Paramount's back-catalogue releases, no extras, just a decent widescreen transfer.