sidfargas Review of Crazy on the Outside

Crazy on the Outside (2010)

A sometimes fun and harmless family film

[13 January 2010]

This movie absolutely snuck in to theatres. I never saw one advertisement or one commercial. Usually when a studio has no faith in a film, they don't advertise. That's a shame here because the movie is better than you would expect. Putting aside severe plot leaps in character logic and relationships, it's a sometimes fun and harmless family film. Without question it has to fall in to the category of solid TV sitcom type movie but nothing extraordinary. I've always been somewhat a fan of Tim Allen. So, watching him in full TV sitcom mode again was good to see. What definitely helps is the fact that the supporting cast really shines and pretty much carry the film. JK Simmons plays his usual quirky role to perfection. Ray Liotta and Sigourney Weaver are fantastic. The only real problem I saw is that Tim Allen shouldn't try and direct in the future. His bizarre choices screamed amateur hour at times. (Cutting to bobble-headed devils instead of sex scenes, cutting to a cartoon "angry meter" in his heart, etc. = awful)