Day 70: Like Crazy

Directed By- Drake Doremus

Written By- Drake Doremus, Ben York Jones

Starring- Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Alex Kingston

Critics Review- "A romantic drama that makes other romantic films look obvious and calculated in comparison."- Mick La Salle "San Francisco Chronicle"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 74% Audience- 67%

Out a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars

My Review-

Like another movie I watched, that is not on this list "Like Crazy" makes the relationship between the two actors seem real and genuine, and not make like some of the romantic movies out today. Wonderfully acted by Yelchin, and Jones, and the supporting cast makes this slow paced movie work, they way they show their relationship from start to finish does not seemed forced, like I said before they make it believable that they were a couple in trouble. The film is loosely based on the Director Doremus' and his wife's experiences, sometimes movies loosely based on something do not work very well. However this does. Like another movie Blue Valentine, you get emotionally involved with this couple unlike the romantic movies that have almost the same story line each year. It seems like indie films have got it right with a romantic comedy or romantic drama like this one, unlike the big budget Hollywood movies with the well known actors, since this movie has more feeling to it, people maybe able to find away to connect with it and or find something different with actors that are somewhat not that well known. Another way this movie worked so well, is the way it was made, a majority of it was handheld with candid moments, also having much of the movie being improvised the actors Yelchin, and Jones were able to do what they felt was right for each scene. There are very few romantic movies that I admit that I enjoy, and now this is one of them. I 100% agree with the critic mentioned above, that is why I liked this movie so much, because there relationship seemed real from start to finish.