Crazy Kind of Love

Wasn't sure what to expect but left wanting to see where the family ended up.

Family is suffering from deep depression. Different reactions by members.

Enter Amanda Crew. She is exactly when the family needs to turn around and literally survive.

Virginia plays the lost but loving mother. Henry is in a tail spin and doesn't know where to stop or look.

It all comes together. The family was always there. It took Amanda to show them the light.

Sort of had the "Beautiful Girls" aspect with the men in the lost and depressing house.

I definitely recommend you give this a watch. Don't expect too much. But you'll leave happy.

Valiant effort. But NO! I was feeling down and wanted to believe in love again, but I found myself yelling at the screen saying NO! at all the unwanted awkward moments & direction flaws! and some script flaws.

What got me thru this movie was the cast. And all the other elements of a good film are there, like the soundtrack, great lighting & cinematography etc.

Never a dull moment of course with the lovely Virginia Madsen. And Graham Rogers is so cute. Showing great potential. It even managed to capture a bit of an irresistible feeling with Amanda Crew, But her character does many things in the film that make you root against her. Zach Gilford is the cutest nerd ever. The actors just felt misdirected.

This is a small story about humane drama and emotion. Nothing special, I still enjoyed a few moments enough to actually end up liking this movie as one-time Saturday night entertainment. Virginia Madsen was the original reason for me to watch the film, but other cast also pulled their weight well enough for this type of movie. Amanda Crew as quirky Bette sparked the whole thing up. I especially liked how some of the situations in the movie were handled in an honest and open way by the characters, enough to make it feel therapeutic and refreshing. Everyone is sometimes sad, depressed, out-of-sorts. And it´s ok.

Well acted, Madsen is beautiful, Graham Rogers' acting is outstanding. As well is the whole cast. If you're looking for an action adventure movie this isn't it. The movie reveals how some handle life's truly difficult situations in ways other than suicide. (Long term solution for short term problems.) I didn't read the novel "Angel Angel" so I can't tell you much Director Sarah Siegel-Magness deviated, but, she is an excellent story teller & the story flowed. You'll be hoping for everything to work out for all involved through out the movie.

I go to the movies to be entertained and this movie didn't let me down.

No crime, no car chases, no bullets or explosions. Just a good story.

Enjoy

After watching this movie, I went and checked that it had a female director as I suspected, and I was right. I then discovered that the writers were female as well.

I then imagined all the parts in the movie played by a character of the opposite sex, and considered what the public reaction would be.

It was interesting to note that even the male lead in the movie could not redeem himself.

It is a superficially pleasant story, but deeply misandrist in its message and were the sexes reversed, would be considered offensive or blatantly silly.

I'm not sure if the director or the writers even intended it as such, but it does show how the public attitudes toward women and men differ, almost to a complete reversal from fifty years ago.

Perhaps someday someone can make a movie about an likable male hero, and the public would believe it?