: Crazy/Beautiful
I have to be careful I don’t go overboard in my praise of this film. I was expecting a silly teen flick and instead I got a genuine story of teenage romance. Good performances, with realistic dialogue and storyline. I really lliked the characters: a rich white “bad” girl falls in love with a studious Hispanic boy from the wrong side of town. The boy’s a hard-working kid, riding the bus two hours each way just to get to the prestigious high school the girl keeps ditching. He wants to go to the Naval Academy and become a pilot, but his involvement with the wild girl threatens his future. Slowly, we learn about why the girl’s so screwed up (her mother committed suicide). Everyone tells the couple they’re wrong for each other. The ending is a little pat, but happy, and I liked it. Good movie.
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