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Crazy in Alabama (1999) 5.9
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5.9/10 from 4,702 users
Metascore: 46/100
Reviews: 67 user | 27 critic | 27 from Metacritic.com An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff. Director:Antonio Banderas |
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A backwoods Alabama boy named Peejoe -short for Peter Joseph- gets a quick education in grown-up matters like freedom in 1965. The catalyst is an unlikely source - his glamorous, eccentric Aunt Lucille, who escapes from her abusive husband and takes off for Hollywood to pursue her dreams of TV stardom. Written by Anonymous
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Sometimes you have to lose your mind to find your freedomMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for some violence, thematic material, language and a scene of sensuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
22 October 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Locos en Alabama See more »Filming Locations:
Laurel Valley Village Museum - 595 Highway 308, Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$15,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$1,010,596 (USA) (22 October 1999)Gross:
$1,954,202 (USA) (5 November 1999)Company Credits
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Columbia Pictures Corporation, Green Moon Productions, Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Company Medien KG See more »
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I am in the process of trying to clean out an oversupply of VHS tapes and some of them are so easy to toss. Not this one. I had to sit down and watch it again and now I could only get rid of the VHS if I had it on DVD! I have not watched this movie in more than six years and it was "feel good" and "feel" all over again. David Morse is always wonderful. Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty, Meat Loaf, Elizabeth Perkins, and many others are just a treat to watch. There's something about Melanie. I can't help liking her - even when I am finding fault with her. This movie really is strange with its incredibly serious (and gruesome) subject matter of a woman who methodically murders and decapitates her husband and then carries his head around with her - first in Tupperware and then in a very stylish hat box! The surprising part is that there is any plausibility at all, but it somehow existed for me. It had a strange feeling floating about it that was akin to "Forrest Gump" or "Nurse Betty", because it involved situations that were truly horrible, but everything kept working out for a sweet and naive character. The civil rights story was a very poignant counterpoint to the fantastic silliness of Lucille's odyssey. If I were a film student I may have sat there and criticized the way things came together, but I just watched it with an untrained eye, so it was fine. I certainly would have made the connection about a freedom theme even if they hadn't come out and stated it in the end. No one says a story has to be believable or plausible for it to work. This did work. I laughed a lot when I least expected to.