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Like Crazy

Play trailer Poster for Like Crazy PG-13 Released Oct 28, 2011 1h 29m Drama Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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While attending college in Los Angeles, Jacob (Anton Yelchin), an American, and Anna (Felicity Jones), who hails from London, fall madly in love. However, the young lovers are forced apart when Anna violates the terms of her visa and must return to England. Jacob and Anna discover the difficulties of maintaining a long-distance relationship in the face of their changing lives. Yet, no matter how often circumstances pull them apart, they always find themselves back together again.
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It has the schmaltzy trappings of my romantic films, but Like Crazy allows its characters to express themselves beyond dialogue, crafting a true, intimate study.

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Matthew Connolly Film Comment Magazine I'll admit that my heart broke a little by film's end, as the camera rested on Yelchin and Jones's faraway looks and Stars' sublime "Dead Hearts" flooded the soundtrack. Nov 5, 2013 Full Review Liz Moody Empire Magazine Felicity Jones shines in Drake Doremus' deceptively simple romance, a refreshing take on an age-old dilemma. Rated: 4/5 Jan 29, 2012 Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com It is poignant and moving, and by the time its last, touchingly incandescent final image flickers into darkness I almost couldn't believe all I had been lucky enough to witness. Rated: 4/4 Jan 27, 2012 Full Review Michael Leader Den of Geek The leads, for their part, are youthful, charming and lost, but the representation of their relationship just isn't raw or wry enough to be compelling. May 8, 2024 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Doremus reportedly gave his cast the fundamentals of the story and they, in turn, created improvised dialogue to flesh it out. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 14, 2020 Full Review Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) The film, for the most part, is quiet, intimate, and willing to reach for an emotional authenticity that could leave everyone involved looking rather silly. Rated: 3.5/5 May 26, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Faiz D Really liked the style of the film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/29/24 Full Review Audience Member another one of the finer entries of 2011 Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin put on terrific performances you really do buy them as a couple and feel sympathetic as they struggle through the toughest things in order to stay together even though a lot of the choices these characters make are completely idiotic the film does have enough of a heart to be in the right place you'll smile, laugh and cry considering the director had a similar life experience it really projects onto the audience depicting the harsh realities of love, heartache, and renewal if the two leads didn't have such good chemistry this movie wouldn't have worked at all the characters try their absolute hardest to remain plutonic and yet they ultimately give in to their hearts relationships are good, sweet, hard and very fragile nowadays 'Like Crazy' is a very good movie that amazingly hits you hard on an emotional level Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/06/24 Full Review isla s This is a sweet, touching film. Its uplifting and sad at times but not as unbelievable/over the top as some 'chick flicks'. It is a bit sickly sweet but I liked the characters and found myself feeling sorry for Anna, facing a long distance relationship. I liked that she didn't seem overly naive. I won't say more so as not to spoil the film but I thought it was one of the better young adult based romantic dramas. However, I have a slight warning - if you don't like unanswered questions then this may well not be the film for you. Also, sometimes the background music is a little 'airy fairy' but I liked some of the cinematography used and the plot wasn't bad, so I'd recommend it on that basis. Oh and also, any film that features Paul Simons solo music in it is good in my books!. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Rachael H Started off slow, got some traction and then lost it again. I personally didn't like it. I was holding out for something to happen, but it never does. Disappointing ending :( Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/23/21 Full Review andy h Other than a cute romance and a tribute to good actors and one gone, you'll be disappointed there isn't more JLaw. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The story line set between L.A. and London about two star-crossed lovers, an American, Jacob, and a Brit exchange student, Anna, whose lives are complicated utterly by Anna's visa violation problems, could yield some emotional investment in the characters if only I could have gotten to know them better, if only the cinematography would let you get to know them, but that was the problem. Shots were too short, too oblique, some lasting just seconds. The acting, as much as the cinematography allowed, was decent as it should be with the likes of Felicity Jones, Anton Yelchin, and Jennifer Lawrence but how can anyone flesh out their characters and act when given two seconds per shot (or so it seemed). I hardly even got a good look at Jennifer Lawrence as she flashed by from every imaginable crazy angle including distant shots. The love, the intimacy between Anna and Jacob was bifurcated and diluted by the jumpiness of the shots. Indie films, I suppose, are arty, and experimental, but the camera angles and rapid-fire fragmentation, seriously detracted. Paradoxically, the result was that the story line itself was slow moving to the point of boredom, bogged down by the rapid-fire cinematography. As a result, I never could really care about the characters, even characters (and actors) as appealing as these. That the story itself ended up depressing didn't help matters. Overall, an arty film that ended up artless, wasting good actors, and leaving me with an emotional film that was curiously emotionless. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis While attending college in Los Angeles, Jacob (Anton Yelchin), an American, and Anna (Felicity Jones), who hails from London, fall madly in love. However, the young lovers are forced apart when Anna violates the terms of her visa and must return to England. Jacob and Anna discover the difficulties of maintaining a long-distance relationship in the face of their changing lives. Yet, no matter how often circumstances pull them apart, they always find themselves back together again.
Director
Drake Doremus
Producer
Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Sperling
Screenwriter
Drake Doremus, Ben York Jones
Distributor
Paramount Vantage
Production Co
Jonathan Schwartz/Andrea Sperling
Rating
PG-13 (Sexual Content|Brief Strong Language)
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 28, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 6, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.4M
Runtime
1h 29m
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