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Summary: Good movie
Review: In my opinion, this movie is really good. I just bought it yesterday and I was like uh.. this may be good. I'm glad that I bought it. Now to what its about.Nicole *Kirsten Dunst* is the 17 year old troubled daughter of a wealthy congressman who never met a rule she didn't break. Carlos *Jay Hernandez* is an A-student with big dreams who endures a two hour bus ride every morning to attend high school in an upscale L.A. neighborhood. Their innocent flirtations quickly develops into passionate love, but Nicole's self-destructive behavior threatens their relationship and puts Carlos' promising future in jeopardy. thats just about it. Its a real good movie. I recommend it to any and everybody that likes love movies.! Its one of the best teen love movies i have seen. Kirsten Dunst and Jay Hernandez did a real good job in this movie!
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Summary: a teen movie with true meaning!!!!
Review: This is Kirsten Dunst in what I believe to be one of the strongest and most demanding roles of her career. If you're anything like me, you probably view Dunst's acting in a brighter light, and you remember her many roles as the sweet, down-to-earth, normal-as-can-be teenager. This time around, she puts a twist on her previous style and shows a completely different and deeper acting ability. In "Crazy/Beautiful," Dunst portrays Nicole, a troubled teenager painting a picture of the burning statement that money is not happiness. She's a rich girl dealing with the death of her mother and her father's remarriage, among a bed of other emotional problems. Only through the influence of the hard-working annd levelheaded Carl (played well by Jay Hernandez) is she capable of being helped. But Nicole is opening up for Carl a far more "on-the-edge" kind of life, and it will take what's inside of them to create a relationship. The acting is strong, and Dunst's performance is an accomplishment to remember. It's a movie that highlights many difficult decisions and hardships in the lives of teenagers, and it can be appreciated even by adults. "Crazy/Beautiful" truly has something worthwhile to say--I recommend it not only for its emotional depth, but for being a teen film with a successful ability to appeal to and be understood by not just teenagers.
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Summary: NOT JUST FOR TEENS...
Review: This is a teen flick with a twist. Here, it is the girl who is the problem child, and her male, love interest is the grounding factor. Deftly directed and well acted, it will appeal to adults, as well as to teens. Nicole Oakley (Kirsten Dunst) is seemingly a lucky teenager, blessed with good looks and wealth, she lacks for nothing. Or does she? Carlos Nunez (Jay Hernandez), the son of a poor, Mexican single mother, is an intelligent teenager, also blessed with good looks. He is also his family's hope for the future. Nicole carries a lot of baggage with her, due to some serious family issues she has yet to work out. She and Jay meet. He manages to see beneath her hard, wild, devil may care veneer. She realizes that Jay treats her as a person and not a boy toy. He manages to look below her hard exterior and sees her vulnerability, as well as her innate kindness, and is touched by it. They manage to fall in love but not without experiencing a few bumps on the road. Having some serious self-esteem problems, however, Nicole is on a downward spiral towards complete self destruction, almost taking Jay with her. He basically pulls her out of the tailspin just before these star crossed lovers both crash land. For the viewer, it is, however, a ride well worth taking. Kirsten Dunst gives a wonderful performance as the angst ridden Nicole. Jay Hernandez is excellent as the stalwart, hard working, teen from the barrio whose family is pinning all their hopes for the future on him. Burce Davison gives a very good performance as Nicole's tolerant, but bewildered, father who wants to Nicole to be happy but does not know how to help her overcome her personal angst, until it is nearly too late. Teens and adults alike will enjoy this well intentioned, coming of age drama.
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Summary: one of the best love stories EVER.
Review: The trailer made this movie look like a stupid MTV flick, but I gave it a chance and I'm glad I did. It remains one of the best movies I have seen in my whole life... I'm a sucker for the romantic comedy or the drama/romance and this movie has it all. Kirsten Dunst RULES in her role, and Jay Hernandez is an incredible actor for literally not even being an actor when he was cast to be in this.... this movie is fantastic... I can't say that enough... the soundtrack is awesome and diverse and colorful, just like the movie itself.... so many moods/feelings/emotions... gorgeous. Please give this movie a chance, I promise you won't regret it. Buy the DVD. I did, the first day it came out. Kudos to you John Stockwell, and the writers of the movie. Great job, thanks for honestly warming my heart. The Carlos-pilot flying scene..... if you see the movie you'll know what I'm talking about..... (sigh) Great stuff. -Skip from the band Beauty's Confusion
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Summary: Young but lovely
Review: Ok. So at first your thinking this is such a teenage cliche. However, the acting in this movie is sooo good it stands above other teenager films. Not to mention the phenomenal performance of Kirsten Dunst. Let's face it, how many Hollywood actresses are really okay with looking bad? How many times have we seen a scene where someone is supposed to be haggard and thought, "Yeah right she'd look that good going through that"? Not Dunst in this film. She honestly does look awful and worn out and scared and I'm telling you if you are not already a fan of hers, you will be after this film.
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Summary: mesmerising
Review: plot: cliched. how many more opposites attract storyline can people come up with?
however, the overall 'feeling' this film gave me was pretty overwhelming. although i must admit that it took the second viewing to get that feeling out. the first time round, the movie streches too long and moves to slowly at parts. but i suppose that was intended to create the laidback, dreamy mood.
it makes one smile.. if one can actually survive the whole thing and like it...
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Summary: Not so good
Review: The film was about a wealthy but yet depressed teen, Nicole(Kirsten Dunst). She is neglected by her father and frowned upon by her step-mother. While serving her community service hours for driving drunk, she meets a not-so-wealthy but kind and smart teen, Carlos (Jay Hernandez). Carlos and Nicole spend a lot of time together and fall madly inlove. Nicole has never been happier, but soon things take a turn for the worse. Carlos is doing badly in school because he is distracted by Nicole, while Nicole is getting more depressed because her father won't let Carlos see her anymore. It takes a while for this movie to take off, but the acting is pretty good. I just didn't find this movie all that entertaining, but maybe someone who likes emotional teen movies will.
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Summary: Not what expected
Review: I bought this DVD (big mistake) before I saw it. It was a good movie, but only the kind you can watch one time and then be done with. I am a fan of Kirsten Dunst and thought that since all her other movies were ones you could watch over and over, this one was no different. Her hair looked so greasy and cut as if it was ran over by a lawn mower. Maybe I can get a good price for it at our next yard sale.
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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: I watched this movie last night ( my 3rd time seeing it) And everytime I see it I love it more and more. When I first saw the movie I thought that Carlos would be the person that skips class and gets in trouble, but it was flipped and I was very suprised. A lot of times in the movie I said to myself "She's saying or doing something a guy would." Overall I loved this movie, but would it be so hard to get her a bra, brush her hair and not make it look like she rolled outta bed and just went to school (again seemed like something a guy would do.) This movie made me laugh and cry, and all the parts were believable. In part of the movie I felt like I wanted to slap her step-mom when she said "But it's her first swimming lesson!!" I'm glad that the father finally gave Nicole some time to actually talk to him instead of brushing her off. Jay did a very good job in this movie and I'm happy that they had his mother and relatives speaking in spanish to make it more believable. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes Kirsten Dunst or love stories.
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Summary: do you like a little movie with your music video?
Review: I enjoyed the resolution, acting (even though many first-timers), fun and occasionally informative audio commentary by the director and cute Kirsten Dunst, frequent realism of the story and locations, deleted scenes, featurette, and language options. On the other hand, I was barely into this movie until about the last third. The ugly, sloppy look and action, Kirsten wasted and Jay Hernandez expressionless, blue tint, uncompelling storyline, but most of all the gratuitous songs (I counted 30 in the credits). I may be in the minority, but I find overuse of songs in many recent movies to often be evidence of weak storyline, and not at all profound, despite the bragging in director commentaries (others much worse than with this movie, e.g., Me, Myself & Irene). The first part of the movie ranks 2-3 stars, but I'd give it 3.5 overall.
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