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Crazy Eyes
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| Genre | Drama/Love & Romance |
| Format | Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen |
| Contributor | Lukas Haas, Adam Sherman, Jake Busey, Madeline Zima |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 36 minutes |
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Zach seems to be living the Hollywood bachelor dream; he's got a house in the hills, the phone numbers for dozens of beautiful women and a hard-partying lifestyle aided and abetted by his bartender pal, Dan. It seems nothing can tie down this divorcée father, until he meets "Crazy Eyes" - the one woman he can't have. As the two embark on a love-crazed, booze-fueled relationship, Zach's family issues begin to take center-stage, questioning whether or not this partying lost boy can step up to the challenge and become a man.
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charming... lovely and engaging... a sexy and charming love story --Kate Erbland, Film School Rejects
a charming intoxicating examination of intoxication --Britt Hayes, Gordon and the Whale
unflinching... raw and honest --Peter Debruge, Variety
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- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces
- Item model number : STDV3202DVD
- Director : Adam Sherman
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 36 minutes
- Release date : October 9, 2012
- Actors : Lukas Haas, Madeline Zima, Jake Busey
- Studio : Strand Home Video
- ASIN : B008BMQIGE
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #306,860 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #46,481 in Drama DVDs
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Zach is very wealthy, young entrepreneur that has made a ton of money and does not really have a life. The only life that Zach seems to have is drinking and having sex with women who only date him for his wealth. And along comes Crazy Eyes who Zach decides that he has to have sexually. Rebecca (Crazy Eyes) is determined that Zach will only be a friend and Zach is determined that Rebecca will be more.
What makes this movie interesting are the games that are played by Rebecca as she is determined to have Zach on her own terms. Becca believes that she is the better person because she is poorer than Zach, and as such she thinks she knows more about life than he does. Through the whole movie Becca criticizes and belittles Zach even though she does things that are just as bad, maybe even worse than Zach. In watching the movie, you never realize whether Becca is trying to convince Zach that she is a good person, or herself. Throughout the movie the watcher is forced to watch the most disturbing images of individuals throwing their lives away, it is a horror to watch but you are drawn to it.
Drunken bar fights, sex and endless betrayals of friends go on and on in an alternate universe that these drunks call lives. In the end, the movie is a very good study of people who are trying to be normal even though their addictions rule their every waking moment. This movie is a good study on why alcohol can be just as destructive as crack.
Imagine putting your private life on a 20' screen. As a former catholic, it reminds me of the sacrament of confession without the privacy of a confessional: its sole purpose to obtain penance. The truly self-absorbed individual has no need or desire to examine their self-absorption.
Like 'Barfly' or 'Lenny', the film compells the viewer to despise the protaganist for his lack of any saving grace. Both of these films were also painful for me to watch. But each in their own way examined the self-destruction of a suffering intellect. 'Crazy Eyes' is a microscopical window on the suffering intellect of the director.
Many of the harshest reviews of the film are economic, political, and gender whinings of the priveleged reviewers (Starbuck's latte award for the reviewers and exactly how does reviewing films contribute to the enlightenment of mankind). Could anyone possibly sympathize with the protagonist? Unlikely, and certainly not the hope of the director. True penance is no bullshit.
Can I recommend this film? If you found the two aforementioned films engrossing, then you might find 'Crazy Eyes' to be well worth viewing; but be forewarned that it is not conventional LA entertainment. Like witnessing any suffering, it makes you uncomfortable.
1. "it has a hero." None of the characters are likeable or heroes. No one is a victim either. All the characters are pretty much greedy, selfish, parasitic, mildly manipulative, self-absorbed, or unemphatic. Arguably, they all victimize themselves. It's tempting to think of Lukas Haas as the villain since he is the richest. But really he is oblivious and stupid, and not malicious.
2. "the story has a point" this film is really trying to paint a picture of what Haas and his world is like. There is no clear ending because there wasn't supposed to be one.
3. "this is a love story." rather than a "utopia" it is a "dystopia" of what love isn't. There isn't any real love between any of the characters... except maybe Haas' son.
I would give it 2 1/2 stars if I could.. but, not three. It's not the worst thing I've watched in awhile. Just don't expect much. I guess that's the point.. they are alcoholics.


