A bitter ad executive who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.
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| Dudley Moore | ... | Emory Leeson | |
| Daryl Hannah | ... | Kathy Burgess | |
| Paul Reiser | ... | Stephen Bachman | |
| J.T. Walsh | ... | Drucker | |
| Bill Smitrovich | ... | Bruce | |
| Alan North | ... | Judge | |
| David Paymer | ... | George | |
| Danton Stone | ... | Saabs | |
| Paul Bates | ... | Robles | |
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Dick Cusack | ... | Mort |
| Doug Yasuda | ... | Hsu | |
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Floyd Vivino | ... | Eddie Aris |
| Mercedes Ruehl | ... | Dr. Liz Baylor | |
| Ben Hammer | ... | Dr. Koch | |
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David Packer | ... | Mark Olander |
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Emory works in advertising, and is beginning to crack-up. His latest idea is honesty, e.g. "Volvos, Yes they are boxy, but they're safe". This doesn't go down too well with the boss, so Emory is sent to a psychiatric hospital to 'recover'. Meanwhile, back at the office, Emory's work is accidentally sent to the printers. His ads are a huge success. But now Emory has fallen for Kathy (another patient) and so doesn't want to leave. Written by Rob Hartill
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mental institution | advertising | female psychiatrist | mental patient | mental illness |Taglines:
Winner of 107 Academy Awards.* (* awarded by the Academy of Eternal Optimists) See more »Parents Guide:
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13 April 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Michelle Pfeiffer, who was dating original lead John Malkovich at the time, was attached to the female lead. When Malkovich walked off shortly before production began, Pfeiffer left as well. They were replaced by Dudley Moore and Daryl Hannah. See more »Quotes
Kathy: You may think phone service stinks since deregulation, but don't mess with us, because we're all you've got. In fact, if we fold, you'll have no damn phones. AT&T - we're tired of taking your crap!See more »
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The song, "What a Wonderful Word - Hello" (which is played, in part, in the film) runs during part of the credits, with a 'follow the bouncing ball' sing-along on the screen. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I'm kind of stuck. Half of this movie is the most hilarious I have seen this decade, the other half I could very well have lived without.
"Crazy People" talks about two types of nut cases: ones that are committed to institutions and the others who think they are normal and live on the other side of the wall. Of course, the main crux of the story is when Moore's life takes a nose-dive and he cracks, writing brutally savage ads for some very well-known products ("Quaker Oats - How does it taste? Who knows, but at least the BOX is cute"). Of course, nothing tops the tag line he makes for that horror movie "The Freak" or the ticket lady's comment about this movie later on.
His bosses put him away and then, when his printed ads catch fire and turn advertising on its ear, they recruit him to write more. Only this time, he gets the others in the asylum with him to write ads, too.
Now, this part is funny.
What isn't funny is when they start to take the story seriously and try to shoehorn drama into parts where it doesn't make every single person out as some level of wacko. Drama has its place but not in a movie that takes potshots at Metamucil.
Moore is really great, this is his last really funny role since "Arthur". Reiser has some good scenes as does Hannah, Walsh, Paymer and Ruehl and then there's the ads. My gosh, has there ever been anything ever written as funny as these? Not since "Mad Magazine", really.
"Crazy People" is at least half great; the craziest things in it, though, are the people who thought it should have serious parts.
Five stars for "Crazy People" - watch it for the ads.