Crazy/Beautiful

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Crazy/Beautiful

PG-13

Released Jun 29, 2001

1h 39m

Romance

Drama

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Two high school students from opposite ends of the social spectrum fall for each other in this teen drama. Nicole Oakley (Kirsten Dunst), the troubled daughter of a wealthy congressman, attends a public school in the upscale community of Pacific Palisades. As an act of defiance, she makes a play for the attentions of Carlos Nuñez (Jay Hernandez), a straight-A student who takes a two-hour bus ride to attend Nicole's school. Her self-destructive tendencies threaten his ambitions.

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Critics Consensus

The story is not new, but the film gets credit for trying to move away from the genre's cliches. Kirsten Dunst and newcomer Jay Hernandez give believable performances.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

There is nothing new in this teen fantasy.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 22, 2010

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 3/5

Mar 10, 2003

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Jane Crowther

BBC.com

[Dunst's] intelligent, complex performance makes Nicole a charming, frustrating, pathetic, and ballsy protagonist worthy of screen time.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 10, 2001

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Film Threat

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Stacie Hougland

Hollywood.com

This movie is godawful. Simply godawful.

Rated: .5/4

Jan 14, 2004

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Alan Sissenwein

Palo Alto Weekly

Rated: 2/4

May 20, 2003

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Steve D

Solid work from all involved including the writing.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/23

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Julie S

Touching and well acted story of young love

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/23/23

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Marivii G

It's interesting to re-visit this film now in adulthood having watched multiple times as a teen. Still enjoyed performances by all actors and the themes are still very much relevant. worth exploring for a bit of early 2000s filming style, music and reminiscing.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/08/22

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jordan m

For an above-average rated rom-dram I was downright shocked to learn just how many poor creative decisions could be made over a languid 99 minutes. I don't think I've ever disliked the lead girl in a teen romance movie more than this one. There is absolutely no character arc for her - her behavior is irredeemably bad and all the movie ever does is justify her childishness instead of showing her character mature in any real way. Storming away from the guy's family birthday party and then calling him on the phone (!?) down the road to force his attention, insisting on unprotected sex & doing her best to derail what was clearly established to her as accomplishments that won't come about without focus and hard work, all followed by the mindboggling decision to not provide a redemptive arc for what was, as a direct result ultimately the antagonist (!) of the movie. They don't even improve her greasy hair/apathetic look one iota from the start. The director also chose to show high schoolers not just drunk driving, but drunk driving two hours at a time twice in a night (& other unwise behavior) with absolutely no repercussions or thought for how it may influence his teenaged target audience. Just an outstanding failure in critical thinking that ruined the hard work that everyone else surely did on this. What a shame.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

This is cinema. I loved and watched this several times. Most movies are just painting by numbers.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Beatiful Jay Hernandez

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Synopsis

Two high school students from opposite ends of the social spectrum fall for each other in this teen drama. Nicole Oakley (Kirsten Dunst), the troubled daughter of a wealthy congressman, attends a public school in the upscale community of Pacific Palisades. As an act of defiance, she makes a play for the attentions of Carlos Nuñez (Jay Hernandez), a straight-A student who takes a two-hour bus ride to attend Nicole's school. Her self-destructive tendencies threaten his ambitions.

Director: John Stockwell
Producer: Harry J. Ufland, Mary Jane Ufland, Rachel Pfeffer
Screenwriter: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures
Production Co: Walt Disney Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Drug/Alcohol Content|Mature Thematic Material|Sexuality)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 29, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.9M
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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