Crazy People

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Crazy People

R

1990

1h 31m

Comedy

Romance

Drama

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When his coworkers start believing that job stress is affecting his performance and his mental health, advertising executive Emory Leeson (Dudley Moore) is sent to a mental hospital. There he befriends Dr. Liz Baylor (Mercedes Ruehl) and develops a crush on fellow patient Kathy Burgess (Daryl Hannah). Eventually, it becomes clear that the work Emory was doing before he was hospitalized wasn't crazy after all, but the business world now interests him less than his new relationships.

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Bob Thomas

Associated Press

Jun 12, 2018

Moore is the one who keeps the champagne bubbling. He is in top form, a delightfully demented leprechaun.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

2/4

I wonder if they have a squad out in Hollywood named the Movie Police, who swoop down on screenplays and enforce all of the obligatory cliches and story formulas.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Nov 11, 2022

Crazy People consists of two different movies.. one is sardonically funny, and the other is persistently offensive. [Full review in Spanish]

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Oct 9, 2005

0/5

An abysmal, painfully unfunny comedy.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Sep 29, 2005

3/5

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Kentishsax W

@RT41818362 Mar 26, 2026

Crazy People represents a dichotomy. There is the very bad language and adult humour (think Police Academy, Airplane etc), the humour of the institution - which many would say was in bad taste - and the touching fast forward love story and the warm-hearted, feelgood moments, such as when George gives Emory a box of hand made Hello signs. And I do cry at the feelgood ending. Cliff Eidelman's score is apt and very enjoyable, in and of itself. After the score was belatedly issued on CD decades later, my young son (too young to watch the film but okay to listen to the music) used The Hello Song track for his self-choreographed tap dancing routine at his dance school event!

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Julian B

@Spursy153 Mar 23, 2025

This is a classic, a wonderful comedy to watch

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Jon G

@RT77242566 Jul 6, 2024

This is a wonderful movie! This is a classic--and anyone who might try to tell you otherwise is CRA--Hey...Hey...Hey...HAZY!!! Just like the Inmates in this movie! Am I right? Or am I right? Or am I right?...Right, right, right, right! Ohhhhh, HoHo! PHIL! PHIL CONNORS! Long time since I ever thought I would see YOU here! PHIL! PHIL! How've you been, old buddy! Good to see you again. We should get together again, for Lunch! How 'bout this afternoon? Say, 3 o'clock? We could get together and-- (Phil bolts, steps into a pothole off the street corner, filled with cold water.) NED: Weh...Heh...Heh...Heh...Hell! Watch out for that first step! 'Cuz it's a DOOZY!!!

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Larry K

@Larrymoses39 Mar 18, 2024

I have not laughed that much in a long time

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Raif D

@RT49379092 Jan 28, 2024

Brilliant. If you didn't get the movie that's exactly why it was made. Hello.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 Feb 24, 2023

Far better in theory than execution.

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Synopsis

When his coworkers start believing that job stress is affecting his performance and his mental health, advertising executive Emory Leeson (Dudley Moore) is sent to a mental hospital. There he befriends Dr. Liz Baylor (Mercedes Ruehl) and develops a crush on fellow patient Kathy Burgess (Daryl Hannah). Eventually, it becomes clear that the work Emory was doing before he was hospitalized wasn't crazy after all, but the business world now interests him less than his new relationships.

Director: Tony Bill
Producer: Tom Barad
Screenwriter: Mitch Markowitz
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 11, 2014
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Surround

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