![]() (The film was originally conceived as an R-rated story, but its releasing company, Disney, insisted on a PG-13.) Still, Crazy/Beautiful gets a lot of things right. Their film lingers over things you've already gotten, and skips things you want more of there are holes in the narrative, and its ending is too tidy and happy. This drama about a working-class Mexican-American boy (Jay Hernandez) who falls for a troubled rich Anglo girl (Kirsten Dunst) is intelligent, serious and connected to the world it's so good that you wish it were great.ĭirector John Stockwell and writers Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi never quite find the right rhythm. ![]() ![]() ![]() Teen romances tend to be so slick, dumb and cynically pandering that when you see one that's even remotely serious and realistic, you're inclined to give it the benefit of the doubt. ![]()
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