A dark, realistic character study that isn't for the easily offended.
Director: Adam Sherman
Writers: Adam Sherman, Dave Reeves, Rachel Hardisty
Stars: Lukas Haas, Madeline Zima and Jake Busey
Of all the films screening at SXSW this year 'Crazy Eyes' was one of the first to get cut from my schedule. At first glance it was easy to assume I'd seen too many of these types of films before. You know the type: guy can get any girl he wants but wants the one he can't have. Still, at the last minute I decided to take a risk and catch the premiere screening. As soon as the credits rolled I knew I had found my festival favorite.
Synopsis: Zach, a wealthy, alcoholic divorcee and father, is torn between his past love and present infatuation. His obsession for Rebecca, who he affectionately calls Crazy Eyes, seems to be driving...
Director: Adam Sherman
Writers: Adam Sherman, Dave Reeves, Rachel Hardisty
Stars: Lukas Haas, Madeline Zima and Jake Busey
Of all the films screening at SXSW this year 'Crazy Eyes' was one of the first to get cut from my schedule. At first glance it was easy to assume I'd seen too many of these types of films before. You know the type: guy can get any girl he wants but wants the one he can't have. Still, at the last minute I decided to take a risk and catch the premiere screening. As soon as the credits rolled I knew I had found my festival favorite.
Synopsis: Zach, a wealthy, alcoholic divorcee and father, is torn between his past love and present infatuation. His obsession for Rebecca, who he affectionately calls Crazy Eyes, seems to be driving...
- 3/14/2012
- by feeds@themoviepool.com (Gabriel Barboza)
- Cinelinx
Yes, we're excited to see "Iron Man 2," "Inception" and God help us, "Predators." But what we're really looking forward to spending a few hours in the company of an undertaking Bill Murray ("Get Low"), an Italian-speaking Tilda Swinton ("I Am Love") and a toga-wearing Rachel Weisz ("Agora") in the comfort of air-conditioned theater over the next three months. (Either that or we'll be enjoying them from the comfort of home online, on demand or on DVD.)
There are no less than 114 independently produced movies arriving in theaters this summer to compete with the big studio blockbusters and we've compiled this helpful guide that covers all of them. Yet realizing that the latest arthouse and foreign fare is subject to changing dates, particularly if you don't live in Los Angeles or New York, we've also included links to follow the films on Twitter, Facebook and release schedules where available, so...
There are no less than 114 independently produced movies arriving in theaters this summer to compete with the big studio blockbusters and we've compiled this helpful guide that covers all of them. Yet realizing that the latest arthouse and foreign fare is subject to changing dates, particularly if you don't live in Los Angeles or New York, we've also included links to follow the films on Twitter, Facebook and release schedules where available, so...
- 5/11/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Sex, drugs and beautiful youth are the enticing elements throughout writer/director Adam Sherman's autobiographical drama "Happiness Runs" and yet the coming-of-age drama fails to excite. Based on Sherman's childhood growing up in a polygamous commune in Vermont, the novice filmmaker reveals personal bravery for mining his own experiences with free love and experimental drug use but fails to take advantage of their dramatic potential. Sherman, directing his second feature after the little-seen 2004 horror comedy "Dead Doll", may be too close to the "Lord of the Flies"-like tale of children rebelling against their hippie parents. Besides a soundtrack of alternative classics featuring Joy Division and The Buzzcocks and some artful sequences including one with lead actress Hanna Hall and an abandoned Ferris wheel there's little to recommend.
- 5/10/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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