Crazy/Beautiful stars Kirten Dunst as a troubled and crazy girl who will often do what she likes, to some people's dismay, one being her father (Bruce Davison) who is a good man, but doesn't know how to handle her daughter.
Enter Jay Hernandez, as a Mexican-American kid who is also basically good, he gets good grades, hangs out with his friends and doesn't try and get into trouble (sort of like Cheech before he met Chong). But then he meets this girl, and the two fall in love, with ease and time though, which is realistic for a teen movie.
I like that, plus that finally Dunst has tried to grow up a little with her roles as she takes a romantic drama on her hands. She does it very nicely, with Hernandez also being a good boyfriend. It is actually a worthy teen romantic/drama. However, and I wish I didn't have to bring up this again, but how many times do I have to see a teen movie, or any type of movie in general, where the only reason it's rated PG-13 is not because of the artistci stance, but because the studio wants more money with a PG-13 movie. I can think of Crazy/Beautiful as a rated R movie and having even more guts, realism, and more and it would make this a excellent movie, but no, kids have to get the chance to see teens that get drunk and drive and all that. I mean, think of it this way, the only 2 Dunst movies that are really known AND are rated R movies arew The Virgin Suicides (ala Coppolla magic) and Interview with the Vampire. Hopefully someday Hollywood will realize that rated R movies might be better that PG-13 movies and that just upping the sales for the movie won't matter.
I won't keep my hopes up. B+
Enter Jay Hernandez, as a Mexican-American kid who is also basically good, he gets good grades, hangs out with his friends and doesn't try and get into trouble (sort of like Cheech before he met Chong). But then he meets this girl, and the two fall in love, with ease and time though, which is realistic for a teen movie.
I like that, plus that finally Dunst has tried to grow up a little with her roles as she takes a romantic drama on her hands. She does it very nicely, with Hernandez also being a good boyfriend. It is actually a worthy teen romantic/drama. However, and I wish I didn't have to bring up this again, but how many times do I have to see a teen movie, or any type of movie in general, where the only reason it's rated PG-13 is not because of the artistci stance, but because the studio wants more money with a PG-13 movie. I can think of Crazy/Beautiful as a rated R movie and having even more guts, realism, and more and it would make this a excellent movie, but no, kids have to get the chance to see teens that get drunk and drive and all that. I mean, think of it this way, the only 2 Dunst movies that are really known AND are rated R movies arew The Virgin Suicides (ala Coppolla magic) and Interview with the Vampire. Hopefully someday Hollywood will realize that rated R movies might be better that PG-13 movies and that just upping the sales for the movie won't matter.
I won't keep my hopes up. B+