SummaryA love story is both a physical and emotional tale, one that can be deeply personal and heartbreaking for an audience to experience. Director Drake Doremus' film Like Crazy beautifully illustrates how your first real love is as thrilling and blissful as it is devastating. When a British college student falls for her American classmate they embark... Read More
Directed By:Drake Doremus
Written By:Drake Doremus, Ben York Jones
Like Crazy
Metascore
Generally Favorable
68
User score
Generally Favorable
7.1
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
68
76% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
18% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Nov 3, 2011
100
The actors keep their clothes on, but everything else is naked in Like Crazy, a romantic drama that makes other romantic films look obvious and calculated in comparison.
Oct 27, 2011
88
Jones is a marvel. Sundance couldn't get enough of her. You won't, either. Her performance grabs hold and won't let go.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.1
66% Positive
80 Ratings
80 Ratings
25% Mixed
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
9% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
Jun 25, 2016
10
Rarely have I ever been so uplifted and devastated by a single film over the course of 90 minutes. In my opinion, this movie is a masterwork of improvisation and calculated understatement. It illustrates the way young love can be absolutely overpowering; and how we can become intoxicated by the idea and memory of those early head-over-heels feelings, until we're no longer sure whether they're leading us forward or pulling us down. I think the way you ultimately feel about this story -- the ending in particular -- has much to do with what you project onto it, based upon your own experiences. I will say "Like Crazy" is an extremely apt title. It describes the swoon-worthy early stages of love ... yet also the painful, even damaging later stages where the urge to hold on and the desperate yearning to recapture can feel like (and possibly represent) a form of insanity. Extremely thoughtful, honest, well-calibrated performances by both leads and every supporting player. Just don't let the first act fool you -- this is NOT a feel-good movie throughout.
May 9, 2015
10
A masterpiece when it comes to romance films. Incredible breakout performances from the three leads. Very realistic till the end. Although a long time has passed since I've watched it (twice), the final scene in the shower is one of the best (and saddest in terms of romance) endings. This pretty much kicked off Jen's and Felicity's careers both of whom went on to get nominated for / win Oscars. Anton Yelchin starred in 20+ films and still one of the most sought actors in indies. Definite must watch!
Oct 27, 2011
80
Like Crazy develops slowly, and threatens at first to be just another movie about beautiful young people in the Age of Fraught Relationships. It's much more than that, though. Without belaboring any issues, it speaks volumes about fear of commitment.
Oct 25, 2011
75
Unlike most alleged Hollywood rom-coms, Like Crazy is delicate, uplifting and definitely worth investigating.
Oct 26, 2011
67
By the film's latter half, we're left not hoping its lovers will find a way to be together, but longing for them to get over each other and move on.
Nov 3, 2011
50
Keen to be both really romantic and romantically real, the movie is neither, and falls between the cracks of its twin-ambitions. The result? Call it l'amour phooey.
Aug 2, 2017
0
Doremus captures each insipid moment with hand-held camera urgency and clumsy jump cuts.
Mar 28, 2012
10
OMG! I love this pretty movie is really emotive, have interesting things. The trama can be a cliche, and we can think: other terrible romantic movie But oh sorprise Like Crazy is really pretty. The story is really amazing, my boyfriend hate all this type of movies, but when we watch Like Crazy, he think that the movie is a epic movie of the romantic films. Is incredible watching that some romantic films do a great job, because this genre be same, since Twilight saga started, but Like Crazy is fresh, and amazing. The cast, is wow, awesome, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, and this other girl that I don't remember her name, the performances are incredible. The screenplay is interesting, have much intelligent situation and do an interesting job. Like Crazy is interesting, emotive and pretty I love this movie.
Sep 1, 2014
6
A charming and touching story through and through. Unfortunately, the latter half of the film lost its spark. Felicity Jones is a new young actress to watch following this role.
Dec 7, 2013
6
It is a cute movie. Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin create an interesting couple in a lovely movie that starts to get slow and predictable some times, but the complementation with Jennifer Lawrence as Samantha reborn the film to a more accurate and neat one.
Jun 1, 2014
3
One of the critics compared this to "Blue Valentine," which is ridiculous. In the latter film, Michelle William and Ryan Gosling make you care about what happens to the couple. (Admittedly, it's sad.) In this one, you figure out how their little melodrama should end way before the lead characters do.
Feb 23, 2012
1
They have the same phone. And that's what my unconscious mind was thinking whilst my conscious mind was being bored to death. She's hot thouugh so that's what the one point is for.
Production Company:
- Paramount Vantage
- Indian Paintbrush
- Super Crispy Entertainment
- Andrea Sperling Productions
- Ascension Productions
Release Date:Oct 28, 2011
Duration:1 h 30 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:I want you - I need you - I love you - I miss you
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Awards
Sundance Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Hollywood Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
• 2 Nominations
