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Like Crazy

United States

2011

89 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
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DIR Drake Doremus

PROD Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Sperling

SCR Drake Doremus, Ben York Jones

DP John Guleserian

CAST Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlie Bewley, Alex Kingston, Oliver Muirhead, Chris Messina, Finola Hughes, Keeley Hazell, Ben York Jones

ED Jonathan Alberts

PROD DES Katie Byron

MUSIC Dustin O'Halloran

Sundance (U.S. Dramatic Competition): Grand Jury Prize, Special Jury Prize, Toronto (Special Presentations), London (Film on the Square), Vancouver (Cinema of Our Time), Mill Valley (US Cinema), Chicago (Special Presentations), Stockholm (Spotlight)

Synopsis

Like Crazy is a film from and about the heart. Jacob, an American, and Anna, who is British, meet at college in Los Angeles and fall madly in love. It’s the purest kind of romance—they’re each other’s first significant attachment. When Anna returns to London, the couple is forced into a long-distance relationship. Their perfect love is tested, and youth, trust, and geography become their biggest enemies.

Taking a complete tonal departure from his last film, Douchebag, which screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, cowriter/director Drake Doremus poetically reveals the intimate details and daily struggles of Jacob and Anna’s love affair as it stretches between time and distance and changes course. Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones are enthralling in their sweetness and honesty as the young couple. An original, contemplative look at first love, Like Crazy strikes a universal chord as it explores the bittersweet beauty and impermanence of relationships. –Sundance Film Festival

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ramosbarajas

23May12

At only 89 minutes, it seems incredible that it feels so long. Immigration is at the forefront of world politics, and we just get wasted opportunities with films like this. Every one has to deal with the results of their actions, and knowing full well that she's overstaying her visa, she surprised when she can't do what she likes. The filmmaker's technique is really good. My only beef is with the disappointing story.

Paula Ramos Salas

25Apr12

sin pensarlo mucho me gustó. tmb la canción del trailer... http://youtu.be/CCslDGEOuzU (¿qué se va a hacer? es una bonita versión)

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Katie R

15Apr12

Could have been much shorter.

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Kristen T-D

8Apr12

Well, that was just as horrible as I expected.

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