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Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah, Paul Reiser, Mercedes Ruehl, J.T. Walsh ... see more see more... , David Paymer , Ben Hammer , Dick Cusack , Alan North , Danton Stone , Doug Yasuda , Bill Smitrovich , Paul Bates , Floyd Vivino , John Terlesky , David Packer , Larry King , John Blythe Barrymore , Julian Bell , John Bennes , Corey Carrier , Lynda A. Clark , Maggie Han , Alan Haufrect , J. Michael Hunter , Robert Ito , J.J. , John Marshall Jones , Mark Joy , Lloyd Kino , Mick McGovern , Ann Pierce , Jill Pierce , Cliff Eidelman , Mitch Markowitz , David Muir , Robert Weiss , Pam La Testa , Kim Clark , Randell Haynes , Lorri Lindberg , Bob Martana , Allison Caine , Ed Lillard , Christine Larson

Dudley Moore stars as Emory Lesson, an advertising genius whose finds himself committed to an insane asylum in Tony Bill's Crazy People. Emory becomes tired with creating phony ad campaigns and decide... read more read more...s to create his own campaigns that tell the brutal truth. Since sex sells, Emory designs an explicit ad campaign consisting of unadorned sexuality. The campaign is so offensive that his colleagues have Emory put in a mental institution. At first Emory resists, but under the tutelage of a concerned psychiatrist, Dr. Liz Baylor (Mercedes Ruehl) and the tender love of Kathy (Daryl Hannah) a beautiful patient, Emory begins to like it in the mental home. Befriending the cute and lovable patients in the mental ward, Emory discovers that the crazy people are natural-born advertising geniuses and Emory utilizes their genius for a new ad campaign. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Tony Bill

Release Date: April 11, 1990

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DVD Release Date: July 6, 2004

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  • megalion
    May 28, 2008
    megalion
    It might have been released in 1990 but the script was definitely written in the 80s.

    I'm fond of Daryl Hannah but now I have to wonder if I've inflated her acting skills in my mind. She came off as petulant instead of neurotic.

    I've never been a huge Dudley Moore fan but I'v... read moree liked things he's done. This felt like a phone in job for him.

    It really felt like the leads were all thoroughly bored and distracted. They'd 'wake up' and realize it was their line and deliver it and then zone off again.

    It was mildly amusing to see Paul Reiser playing a similiar character to the corp hack in Aliens.

    The only thing I would recommend this movie for would be the funny "honest advertising" campaigns that the movie's plot centers around.

    Daryl Hannah: 1 star
    Daryl acting badly: -.5 star
    Funny ads: 1 star
    It's an 80s movie and I love the 80s: 2 stars
    It's a dated 80s movie that fails to enchant: -1 star.
    Summary: 2.5 stars
  • madelineschulman
    December 2, 2006
    madelineschulman
    Dudley Moore finds out that crazy people write better ad copy than sane people. Sort of condescending.

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Chuck O'Leary
October 9, 2005
Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily

An abysmal, painfully unfunny comedy.

Fred Topel
August 11, 2003
Fred Topel, About.com

Hilarious satire of the advertising industry!

David Nusair
August 1, 2003
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

...never becomes anything more than an inoffensive time-waster... Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
July 15, 2003
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

A comedy which celebrates community and satirizes the advertising industry. Full Review

Ken Hanke
April 16, 2003
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

There are worse comedies and the ads are pretty funny.

Brian Mckay
March 19, 2003
Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com

Mostly contrived comedy/drama, although the "truth in advertising" campaign is hilarious.

Scott Weinberg
July 27, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

An aggressively obnoxious comedy.

Owen Gleiberman
September 7, 2011
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

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March 26, 2009
Variety

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Vincent Canby
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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