Crazy/Beautiful (2001)

	Directed by: John Stockwell	COUNTRY USA GENRE Teen/Romance/Drama NORWEGIAN TITLE Crazy/Beautiful RUNNING TIME 99 minutes
	Produced by: Rachel Pfeffer Harry J. Ufland Mary Jane Ufland
	Written by: Phil Hay Matt Manfredi

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Nicole	Kirsten Dunst	½
Carlos	Jay Hernandez
Tom Oakley	Bruce Davison
Courtney	Lucinda Jenney	½
Maddy	Taryn Manning	-
Hector	Rolando Molina	-

Review

A wonderfully devoted, sensitive performance by the young Kirsten Dunst (she was 17 during this shoot) is the nucleus for this teen drama sleeper from 2001. The film has the distinctive look and feel of the turn of the millennium, though in an inspirational, productive manner that effectively captures a bygone zeitgeist and youth generation. Crazy/Beautiful evokes a melancholy for its characters and milieus, which in retrospect is heightened by a realisation of what today's youth have lost in the meantime. The relatively inexperienced director John Stockwell demonstrates an ability to find subtlety in most situations, and the only thing holding this picture back is a slight but persistent sense that some of the Dunst character's transgressions were left on the cutting room floor. Jay Hernandez and Bruce Davison give solid supporting performances as her love interest and father, respectively.