Crazy in Alabama

Yea umm this was awful. Sweet Home Alabama is so much better. Don't confuse the two. Biographical and contact information on all employees is available by clicking on the 'Faculty & Staff' menu links for the following categories: School Directors, Leadership... Full review

If the writers had just stuck with the comedy instead of -- once again - laying down their heavy-handed Leftist cultural agenda - this would have been a very entertaining and fun film. Certainly the "voice" of the head in the... Full review

... the first being a rather original piece of Southern Gothic - oppressed wife and mother of seven children poisons and decapitates husband in order to free herself to become a star in Hollywood, and the second a by-the-numbers Civil Rights... Full review

Crazy in Alabama is a wonderful film about freedom and following your dreams. It’s based on the book by Mark Childress (A+) that I read soon after I saw this movie. I thought Melanie Griffith made the most perfect Lucille! I... Full review

What's worse than living in hell? Having to watch all of Crazy in Alabama. Melanie Griffith underacted her part. The story line was average, but why do you walk around telling people that you killed your husband?... Full review

This is one of my favorite movies. The story makes me cry every time I watch it. This movie makes us realize how much we take for granted. Melanie Griffith is the best she's ever been, and Lucas Black steals every... Full review

This movie is unlike any other movie you will ever see. The story is very multi-faceted. The acting is great. Lucas Black is excellent. Even the musical score is great. Just a great film, with a great message.... Full review

A classic, inspiring, sad, moving , true! This movie was acted out beautifully, the way they had the racism in the movie and the nasty police, played out not only but beloved Meatloaf! This movie brought tears to my eyes! CLASSIC,... Full review

This is one movie that deserves some extra attention! The acting great, the story was wacky, and the ending...well, less said about it the better, but all in all, it's good anyway. What a shame it didn't do well at the... Full review

A woman chops her husband's head off and leaves a punch of kids behind to go fill her dream to become a movie star. The name of this movie is a rather good description. But behind this crazy story line this... Full review

So I thought Crazy In Alabama was a beautiful story and a beautiful way of saying something. But Melanie Griffith is utterly charming. He was so great," she coos of Banderas, as she sits in Venice hotel room after the recent Film Festival premiere. ... Full Review

From this early point forward, the movie is disjointed. Priced at $24.95, the CRAZY IN ALABAMA Special Edition DVD contains commentaries by Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith, a photo montage narrated by Banderas called "A Director's Passion," deleted scenes with director narration, a blooper reel, making-of featurette, production notes, talent files, and theatrical trailers for both CRAZY IN ALABAMA and BODY DOUBLE. ... Full Review

Crazy in Alabama" wants badly to use humor in the war against ignorant and evil oppressors, whether they're racists or abusive husbands and fathers, but instead misfires--badly. Crazy in Alabama" needs to have been unified by a strong vision and style, and a shrewd, distinctive sense of humor. ... Full Review

Crazy in Alabama" wants badly to use humor in the war against ignorant and evil oppressors, whether they're racists or abusive husbands and fathers, but instead misfires--badly. Crazy in Alabama" needs to have been unified by a strong vision and style, and a shrewd, distinctive sense of humor. ... Full Review

Griffith is so insanely clueless and dim; you don't get to hear a dull-witted movie star ramble on without pause very often, since usually others have the good sense to edit their remarks. Crazy In Alabama isn't a very good movie, but it's unique and makes for one of the oddest viewing experiences I can remember. ... Full Review

Antonio Banderas tells JIMMY THOMSON, which is why he wants to direct; his first film, with wife Melanie Griffith in a starring role, was premiered at the 1999 Venice Film Festival, before its Australian release. ... Full Article

Oh those wacky Southerners! Who else would name a kid Peejoe - or run around Hollywood with a dead husband's head in a hatbox? Sub-Mason-Dixon Line ''colorfulness'' goes with the territory in this, Antonio Banderas' directorial debut, but its awkward... ... Full Article

Star Max, Inc. Antonio Banderas' directorial debut, ''Crazy in Alabama,'' has raised some filmgoers' eyebrows: a Spanish actor directing an Alabama-based civil rights film? But he says making a political movie is in his blood. ''I grew up in a... ... Full Article

U.S. Distributor: Columbia Pictures 1999 has featured two impressive debuts by actors-turned-director Joan Chen ( Xiu Xiu ) and Tim Roth ( The War Zone ). ... Full Article

Melanie Griffith says she has the best marriage to the most perfect man in the world, but still she just couldn't resist playing a woman trapped in a loveless relationship who's persistently abused by her husband. ... Full Article

From Amazon : It's clear why Melanie Griffith saw Mark Childress's bestselling book, Crazy in Alabama, as the perfect vehicle for herself. The role of Lucille, a beautiful, battered wife in rural Alabama who dreams of glamorous movie stardom, is... ... Full Article