74
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThis is a movie that can be enjoyed in different ways and for lots of reasons. It’s dramatic and it’s funny, and it has a warm humanity at its center.
- 90VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergBoasting a deliriously loquacious script together with a rare understanding of how to balance certain Italian caricatures with a grounding sense of realism – a combination that’s truly Virzì’s forte – the film takes two psychologically damaged women...and makes them into a mutually supportive duo who surprisingly touch our emotions.
- 80Screen DailyLisa NesselsonScreen DailyLisa NesselsonThe film’s freewheeling energy is as appealing as its developments are unpredictable.
- 80Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinDirector Paolo Virzì, who co-wrote with Francesca Archibugi, keeps the jam-packed film moving apace with a whirlwind of high-wire emotionality, memorable set pieces and vivid location work.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijEven though one could argue that Bruni Tedeschi was typecast here, she takes the role and runs with it, beautifully grading the different nuances of her headstrong character, whose outward exuberance clearly hides a lot of hurt and a fear of loneliness.
- 60The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyAn energetic, visually attractive but ultimately irritating comedy-drama.
- 50Slant MagazineKeith WatsonSlant MagazineKeith WatsonRestless, at times even chaotic, the film often seems to be replicating the experience of having a manic episode.
- 50Village VoiceKenji FujishimaVillage VoiceKenji FujishimaLike Crazy seems content to coast on the contrast between Beatrice's abrasive energy and Donatella's quiet anguish, with neither character developed with depth sufficient to justify the time we spend with them.