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Crazy Love (2007)

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Reviews Counted:83

Fresh:64

Rotten:19

Average Rating:7/10

Consensus: Crazy Love’s subjects and story are so compelling that they overcome the doc’s dry, talking heads format.

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

US Box Office: $161,978

Synopsis: Dan Klores' CRAZY LOVE tells the astonishing story of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship of Burt and Linda Pugach, which shocked the nation during the summer of 1959. Burt, a 32 year-old... Dan Klores' CRAZY LOVE tells the astonishing story of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship of Burt and Linda Pugach, which shocked the nation during the summer of 1959. Burt, a 32 year-old married attorney and Linda, a beautiful, single 20 year-old girl living in the Bronx had a whirlwind romance, which culminated in a violent and psychologically complex set of actions that landed the pair's saga on the cover of endless newspapers and magazines. With the cooperation of the principles, Burt, now 79, and Linda, 68, Klores examines the human psyche and the concepts of love, obsession, insanity, hope and forgiveness. CRAZY LOVE recently had its world premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and earned the Best Documentary award at the 2007 Santa Barbara Film Festival. --© Magnolia Pictures [More]

Starring: Burt Pugach, Linda Pugach

Starring: Burt Pugach, Linda Pugach

Director: Dan Klores

Director: Dan Klores
Producer: Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens
Composer: Douglas J. Cuomo
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
11/23/07
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The in-your-face documentary recalls the sensational tabloid story from the 1950s.

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01/20/09
Dennis Schwartz
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08/07/08
Jonathan Kiefer
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review

Crazy Love...sidles up to us, thrills and surprises us, seduces us with the pop flavor of its mid-century paperback aesthetic and its titillating tabloid tale. Crazy Love is chummy.

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11/15/07
Nick Davis
Nick Davis
Nick's Flick Picks

Apresenta, mesmo que de forma convencional, uma história de amor fascinante em suas insanas reviravoltas.

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11/09/07
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Stranger than fiction: This decades-long amour fou is so astonishing in its twists and turns that it's hard to believe it's factual. While contextualizing the tale in the pre-feminist era, Klores leaves some mysteries open, thus allowing for speculation

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10/16/07
Emanuel Levy
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09/22/07
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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As with all banner-head stories, there comes a point when you tire of being screamed at.

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09/22/07
Melissa Anderson
Melissa Anderson
Time Out New York

It’s too easy to feel superior to these two people and their marriage in hell for the sake of some easy (or even uneasy) laughter.

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09/22/07
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer

There hasn't been a documentary this sick since Kirby Dick's Sick!

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09/22/07
David N. Butterworth
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Directors Dan Klores and Fisher Stevens treat this as a straight-up documentary and it is fascinating in a terribly sad sort of way. But it's difficult not to wonder why we need to hear this story.

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09/22/07
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Quite brilliant.

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09/22/07
Kim Voynar
Kim Voynar
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Far too readily tends to play this pathetic story for laughs.

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09/22/07
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
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A Bronx tale full of jaw-dropping behavior and jaw-dropping hairdos.

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09/22/07
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

The film lassoes you in with "ya gotta hear this" prurience.

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07/25/07
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Offers little save morbid titillation.

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07/13/07
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

Crazy Love is tabloid journalism at its most base and vulgar, with the same moral bankruptcy as the media outlets that turned this tragedy into grotesque copy in the first place.

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07/11/07
James Hudson
James Hudson
New York Press

You say 'psychotic codependency' like it's a bad thing.

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07/11/07
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

[Director] Klore's grasp of his characters give this movie depth.

Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun | comment Comment
07/10/07
Michael Sragow
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun
 
 
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