Crazy People

1990 "Warning: Crazy People are coming."
6| 1h30m| R| en
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A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.

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Palaest recommended
Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
RoboGarrett This movie is pretty dated but it is still funny. It's about a guy who kind of goes nuts because he has to lie all the time in his job as an advertising executive. He suddenly starts only making ads that tell the truth, and they're hilarious and the public really responds to them, because they're sick of the lies too. Unfortunately he has been sent off to a funny farm, where he befriends other crazies (like Doc Brown from Back to the Future) and he wants them to write ads with him too. Pretty silly but a very funny film with some really great parodies in it.
SnoopyStyle Emory Leeson (Dudley Moore) and Stephen Bachman (Paul Reiser) are writing partners in a New York ad agency. Frustrated Emory develops writer's block after his wife leaves him taking everything. He's tired of lying and his painfully honest ads infuriate their boss Drucker (J.T. Walsh). Bachman sends him to a psychiatric retreat in the care of Dr. Liz Baylor (Mercedes Ruehl). His ads are accidentally released and become hugely successful. Drucker sends Bachman to get him back but he has fallen for beautiful Kathy Burgess (Daryl Hannah) and the relaxed lifestyle. He and the group of misfits start writing highly successful ads.The ads are fun. The idea of satire on the advertising industry has promise. The execution has some fun moments with the crazy people group. The romance however has no heat. Hannah is nice but there is little chemistry. The Drucker villain is too broad. The satire has no bite. It's not horrible but it's forgettable.
Dr-Moviecriticdbest This movie is incredibly funny when the Hello song is verbalized (and it is never done enough times for me:-) I like the plot and all the characters! It is quite emotional and extremely funny!! I believe (unlike most people who have not seen it or have no sense of humor or emotion) this movie should be rated as a classic comedy! However it is not shown more than once a decade on the all of the 129 movie channels I am able to view!! I love this movie... Hello Hello Hello:-) I will see this whenever I can...Hello, Hello, Hello...I will love it wherever I go. If you miss this movie tomorrow you won't see it for nearly a decade. Oh well just rent it and watch it and you will be delighted!!
disdressed12 i wanted to like this movie,and i really tied.but in the end,i just couldn't justify it.it's billed as a comedy,except it's not funny.or even amusing.i will say that the two lead actors,Daryl Hannah and Dudley Moore are appealing,as are their characters.but the movie is just too slow and talky for my tastes.and there's also too much swearing for no good reason.it doesn't add anything to the movie,and it doesn't really have any relevance.the movie has an ensemble cast of well knowns from the time period(in this case,1990),but they can't save this movie.it's not quite horrible,but it certainly isn't very good,either.for me,Crazy people is a 3.5/10