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Beautifully Youthful & Charmingly Crazy


Nicole Needs Help...
I was expecting "Crazy//Beautiful " to be HORRIBLE...from the commercials and previews it looked like another one of those teeny bopper chick flicks.
I did not walk into this movie expecting to be impressed.
Truth be told, I have a crush on Kirsten Dunst and just wanted to see her in something I could laugh at and still gaze upon the wonder of her face, body and emotions.
I was disappointed.
Because the movie was good.
Well...it may be that, but it also has pretty good acting and a deep plot.

Kirsten Dunst plays Nicole, a disgruntled daughter of a congressman who's always out looking for some fun.
One day, while cleaning up trash on the beach (yeah, community service hours ) she runs into Carlos Nunez, played by Jay Hernandez and they realize that they go to the same highschool.
After she gets him in trouble and has her way with shameless flirting she decides that this guy is for keeps and a lot of the movie is based on some of the crazy things that they do.
But surpisingly that's not all this movie is about.
It also has to do with the struggles of family.
Nicole lives in a house with her dad, her sister and her stepmom, who obviously doesn't appreciate her presencese.
Throughout the movie, you get hints of the control that her stepmom takes over Nicoles father, and its whats making Nicole drift farther apart from her him.
It seems as if Nicole doesn't want to deal with the struggles of her mom being gone and so she takes it out by being stupid and crazy.
Anyways, although it seems stupid, its actually a pretty good movie with good acting and a meaningful plot.

In addition, the film is made with real perspective.
It is subjective in the way that information is revealed to us and how our emotions change.. It feels like adolescence felt.. This is partially due to fantastic performances by the two leads and by Bruce Davison.. It is greatly due to the fabulous direction John Stockwell.. Good performances are also given by Taryn Manning and whoever played Carlos's mom.. The film is held back at times by its script, but it is made so well that it nearly overcomes these moments totally.. And it will leave you talking.. Because it's trying to say things and it says most of them.. And there are people you care about and understand.. Because it's a good movie.. And I hope that people will believe me.. Because I sure don't..

【Jay Hernandez】Crazy/Beautiful【Kirsten Dunst】
Call me CRAZY, I thought it was BEAUTIFUL !!!!!

Kirsten Dunst plays Nicole.
I carefree teenage girl that is a little bada$$.
She drinks, she stays out late, she cuts class, she does everything her father doesn't want her to do.
Still dealing with her mothers suicide she thinks she is alone in the world.
She meets and falls in with Carlos, played by Jay Hernandez.
They are exact opposites.
He really works hard in school, she doesn't.
He respects his parents, she really doesn't.
He is working real hard trying to plan for his future, she's not.
Nicole is so carefree and is just living life one minute at a time with no worries, where Carlos is planning everything out and has worries.
Carlos struggles with being with Nicole, who he has so much fun with and has fallen for, or focusing on school and working on getting into the naval academy.
Kirsten and Jay do a wonderful job in this film.
Both of the really bring their characters to life.

I really can't see anyone else playing either of their roles.
I really think Kirsten Dunst is an awesome actress.
I don't think I have ever seen her in a bad role.
The actress who plays her best friend also did a gr8 job.

I how this movie was not stereotypical at all.
One of my favorite parts is when Nicole's Dad is telling Carlos to stay away from his daughter for his own good, because she is destructive and will hold him back.
You wouldn't think the father of a white girl would be telling his daughters latin boyfriend to stay away from her for that reason.
On the other hand, Carlos' family does not want him seeing Nicole, not because she is white, but because she is making him lose sight of school.
It is almost like he had two worlds.
He had the one world, when he was in school and with his family and then his other world was with Nicole.
When he was in that world he had so much fun and he never knew what they were going to do and he didn't have have any worries.
It was like his two worlds could not co-exist, and he had to find common ground so he wouldn't have to choose.
In the movie Nicole says to Carlos, "I want to be good for you ."
I think this is where she realizes that she wants to be with him, but she doesn't want to hold him back from his dreams.

Try as he might, Carlos just could not resist seeing Nicole.
As Nicole is about to be sent away to special school, Carlos takes her away for a night.
Nicole sees that her actions are bringing Carlos down, and when she sees that someone truly does her, she makes a move to change.
Carlos takes Nicole back home and she and her father have a good talk.
Finally they begin to understand each other.

Crazy Beautiful was really a very decent film.
I was very surprised and very pleasantly so I might add.
Kirsten Dunst was very good, and Jay Hernandez was also.
I have always thought that Bruce Davison is a very good performer, and one that is rarely recognized for being so.
I can really recommend this film as a real life "Feel Good " film.
And trust me, you don't have to be 17 or under to appreciate it.


Crazy/Beautiful is a very sweet love story about overcoming the obstacles to romance.