Product: Crazy in Alabama [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 3.0
A disappointment
The fault of this film cannot be blamed on the actors or the director. Melanie Griffith and Lucas Black are excellent and they also get excellent support from the supporting players. It was especially fun seeing Fannie Flagg and Rod Steiger. Director Antonio Banderas also shows that he is quite adept at direction and suprisingly shows a strong feel for the South. The fault of the movie lies with the script which can't decide whether it wants to be a comedy or a racial drama. We long to see more of Melanie Griffith's escapades as she travels cross country with her husband's head in a Tupperware container but we are sent back and forth from her adventure to a racial drama that is anything but funny. The story plays much better in the book but as a film, it just does not gel.