Kirsten Dunst,
Jay Hernandez,
Bruce Davison,
Lucinda Jenney,
Taryn Manning
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The Romeo and Juliet story has been modernized to a high school setting previously, but this romance from director John Stockwell turns the tale inside out. Jay Hernandez stars as Carlos Nunez, a poor... read more
Directed by: John Stockwell
Release Date: June 28, 2001
Keywords:
high school,
kirsten dunst,
jay hernandez,
bruce davison,
Kirsten Dunst ,
Jay Hernandez ,
Crazy Beautiful ,
Bruce Davison
DVD Release Date: November 13, 2001
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January 21, 2011Kirsten Dunst were so different and so young in this movie. The story is pretty much very ordinary. However, the directing and acting was great. It also leave out the racial differences between the couple. Touching movie about how a girl wanted to be loved and accepted in her env... read more
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November 23, 2010I love this movie. Had not seen it in a few years, but like it just as much now as I did the first time I watched it. Definitely a very different role for Kirsten Durst at the time. (Not including Virgin Suicides - but still in that she was the glamourous and pretty girl). She... read more
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September 29, 2009The directing is very impressive but the story is not. The characters are 2-dimensional and sub plots pass in and out of this film for no apparent reason. Story-wise it?s a mess, visually its stunning. Typical John Stockwell film then eh!
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June 19, 2007Well-constructed and credibly played characters fuel this high-school romance, which involves a scholastically dedicated Latino guy who loses his academic focus after falling in love with the deeply troubled WASP daughter of a wealthy congressman. The fairy-tale conclusion is a b... read more
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January 31, 2007kirsten Dunst plays a crazy chick in this one and I found it hard to care about the story at all.
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Critic Reviews
July 3, 2001
Amy Taubin, Village Voice
June 29, 2001
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Dunst, in her finest performance yet, has now transcended her fellow teen stars. Full Review
June 29, 2001
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
The movie is so predictable, it's not surprising that the script is credited to first-timers Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, and the direction to John Stockwell, a former acting peer to Tom Cruise. Full Review
June 29, 2001
Wesley Morris, San Francisco Chronicle
Even when the movie is bad -- which it is in its abrupt, mismanaged, final-act attempt to cram in moments of forgiveness and clarity -- it's addictively so. Full Review
June 29, 2001
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Evokes the romantic infatuation of young love with a painful accuracy.
June 29, 2001
John Anderson, Newsday
Not just a movie about adolescents, it's an adolescent movie-with all the desperate passion and misty conclusions you might expect. Full Review
June 29, 2001
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post
Wonderfully unsentimental and smart.
June 29, 2001
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
A nifty piece of teenage romantic piffle, it combines two strong and attractive performances with a shameless 'they live in two different worlds' plot line to amiably entertaining effect.
June 29, 2001
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
A rare teen film that spends less time pandering to wish-fulfilling fantasies than baring honest interpersonal realities. Full Review
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