Review of One Crazy Summer (1986) by Kevin Thomas for Los Angeles Times — 10 Sep 2010
Holland fills this film with so many throwaway gags that it is impossible to communicate the outright zaniness. Every scene contains dozens of jokes, some that work and some that don't, but they keep coming so fast and furious that the duds are easily forgotten.
Strung together on the flimsiest of plots, Holland's film works as well as it does because he stocks it with several likably eccentric characters. While certainly not for all tastes, it's refreshing teenage fare, and underlying its cartoony insouciance is a welcome touch of innocence.
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This review of One Crazy Summer (1986) was written by Kevin Thomas and published by Los Angeles Times on 10 Sep 2010.
One Crazy Summer has generally received mixed reviews.
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