Crazy Like A Fox (2004)
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18% of critics liked it
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A man wages a one-man war against corrupt real-estate developers in this independent comedy drama. Nat Banks (Roger Rees) is a genially eccentric gentleman farmer who minds a Virginia estate that has belonged to his family for generations. Nat is not especially good at managing his money and has… More A man wages a one-man war against corrupt real-estate developers in this independent comedy drama. Nat Banks (Roger Rees) is a genially eccentric gentleman farmer who minds a Virginia estate that has belonged to his family for generations. Nat is not especially good at managing his money and has fallen deep in debt, so when a pair of real-estate men from Washington, D.C., make an offer for the place, Nat agrees under the condition that the house will be maintained as it is and he will be allowed to stay there for the rest of his life. However, Nat soon finds the businessmen are not good to their word, and he's to be moved out of his home into a nearby rental house. Refusing to leave his land, Nat moves into a cave near the creek that runs near the estate, and when the new owners go South for the winter, Nat breaks into his former home and hatches a plan to win back his estate with the help of some friends. Crazy Like a Fox was the first feature film from stage director Richard Squires, and was produced through The Delphi Film Foundation, a non-profit film production house. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Squires
- Written By
- Richard Squires
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- May 5, 2006 Limited
- Studio
- Sky Island Films
Critic Reviews
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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Writer-director Richard Squires sets us up for a feisty farce with a touch of the florid, with "crazy" Nat and the locals finding clever ways to foil the folks with the bulldozers. But Squires doesn't deliver.
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Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
What is supposed to be a heartwarming comedy more closely emerges as derivative Capra-corn of the most obvious kind.
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Roger Rees abandons dignity though not his native English accent to play Nat Banks, the proud but impoverished owner of a decrepit Virginia farm.
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Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Winning performances by Roger Rees and Mary McDonnell, as well as colorful Virginia locations, lift Crazy Like a Fox slightly above the TV-caliber script by its director, regional theater director Richard Squires.
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Jim Ridley, Village Voice
The movie's take on Southern-versus-Northern values could hardly be more stacked or slanted...
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Cast
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Roger Rees
as Nat Banks
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Mary McDonnell
as Amy Banks
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Paul Fitzgerald
as Will Sherman
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Christina Rouner
as Ellie Sherman
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Robert Wisdom
as Sheriff Fowler
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Mark Joy
as John Randolph
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Michael Goodwin
as Judge Robinson
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Tom Bloom
as Alden Chase
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Myrrh Cauthen
as Mary Johnson
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Howard Coon
as Tick Bean
- Bill Thomas
