Review of Crazy in Alabama (1999) by Sugeiny T — 09 Feb 2009

I remember being about 11 or 12 years old and watching this movie on HBO or something. I was instantly hooked by the scenarios, the dialogues and the marvellous quirkyness of Melanie Griffith. It wasn't until many years later that I found out that the film was the directorial debut of Antonio Banderas (for those who doesn't know: he is her husband.

) Anyways I got this film for Xmas, and told my aunt that we should watch it together because I knew she'd enjoy it. I wasn't wrong, she was instantly hooked by the excellently developed plot. The duality that's presented is absolutely fantastic, the way they managed to compare racism towards the black with women's mistreatment is a part of society that definitely goes together but it is rarely talked about in pairs.

Banderas'was incredibly original by putting it together and most of all smart. The cinematography was beautiful, the screenplay was amazing, and the dialogues are a sublime combination of funny and excruciating pain.

Shamefully so, this film was absolutely overlooked by crtics, academies and awards.