Crazy Moon 1987 by AverageMansReviews

Crazy Moon 1987 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there will be flashing effects/colourful effects/drugs/animal waste/ hanging/disabled community/mental health/medical and any references I make towards being misfits, I mean in the confines of this movie only.

Two misfits meet one another: briefly; we meet Brooks [Kiefer Sutherland:] he is an kleptomaniac, afraid of water, struggling to deal with the loss of his mother, he also has a brother, they also come from a wealthy family and it is his birthday where his father has given him money to get a car, so he gets a motorcycle with sidecar. Brooks spots a nice young woman by the name of Anna [Vanessa Vaughan:] she is deaf from birth, but she can read lips, she works in a shop, she also lived with other deaf people and has plans to go around Europe on her own.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script; it is based around is short time in these characters lives and that is it; I am just indicating this is a situation/portion amount of these characters lives outlay and that is all we get. The framework and pacing of this roughly 85 minutes film is somewhat a liability; based on character developments and performances; one hand I get it; it is meant to construct Brooks' world with this 1940's music and wardrobe, which having said that wears incredibly thin after a very short time; so I get it, I don't have to like it, but I get it; either as a separate entity or a commanding aspect. But on the other hand; it does undercut our lead partnership from time to time especially Anna/Vaughan which I hasten to add is absolutely not a reflection of her performance; but if you have ever spent any time around different forms of disability; they all find their different ways to communicate to whatever level; so when you have our lead partnership communicating/without communicating this background music really does not our lead partnership off their stride from time to time; it is absolutely fine if they are dancing or running or swimming those moments are fine, but other than that the background music needed to go and that is me pretty nicely. But other than that the actual pacing is good.

Comedy, art, character development, performances and action; Brooks accidentally steals this mannequin, from Anna's shop and throughout the film uses it, in like a few different ways, you see when the background music doesn't feel out of place, more importantly when it is able to capture the on-screen chemistry between our partnership then it works incredibly well and how it should do with the physical aspects I have already referenced, we also have a coming-of-age component to this project between not only our lead partnership, but also between Brooks and his brother and then we have a change up of background music to signify a more mature Brooks. Broadly speaking the performances of this entire cast are all good, but our lead partnership of Brooks/Sutherland and Anna/Vaughan is absolutely spot-on and priceless so much so I feel comfortable without question saying without them this film would have fallen flat on his face.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; I wanted to give this film something slightly a bit higher, because of the positives, but because of the negatives being what they are this marking is the right outcome and there is an ongoing seen under some of the ending credits