Crazy People (1990)
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33% of critics liked it
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53% of users liked it
(4,781 ratings)
Dudley Moore stars as Emory Lesson, an advertising genius whose finds himself committed to an insane asylum in Tony Bill's Crazy People. Emory becomes tired with creating phony ad campaigns and decides to create his own campaigns that tell the brutal truth. Since sex sells, Emory designs an… More Dudley Moore stars as Emory Lesson, an advertising genius whose finds himself committed to an insane asylum in Tony Bill's Crazy People. Emory becomes tired with creating phony ad campaigns and decides to create his own campaigns that tell the brutal truth. Since sex sells, Emory designs an explicit ad campaign consisting of unadorned sexuality. The campaign is so offensive that his colleagues have Emory put in a mental institution. At first Emory resists, but under the tutelage of a concerned psychiatrist, Dr. Liz Baylor (Mercedes Ruehl) and the tender love of Kathy (Daryl Hannah) a beautiful patient, Emory begins to like it in the mental home. Befriending the cute and lovable patients in the mental ward, Emory discovers that the crazy people are natural-born advertising geniuses and Emory utilizes their genius for a new ad campaign. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Tony Bill
- Written By
- Mitch Markowitz
- Genres
- Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Apr 11, 1990 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily
An abysmal, painfully unfunny comedy.
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Fred Topel, About.com
Hilarious satire of the advertising industry!
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...never becomes anything more than an inoffensive time-waster...
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
A comedy which celebrates community and satirizes the advertising industry.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
There are worse comedies and the ads are pretty funny.
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Cast
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Dudley Moore
as Emory Leeson
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Daryl Hannah
as Kathy Burgess
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Paul Reiser
as Stephen Bachman
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Mercedes Ruehl
as Dr. Elizabeth Baylor
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J.T. Walsh
as Charles F. Drucker
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David Paymer
as George Cartelli
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Ben Hammer
as Dr. Horace Koch
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Dick Cusack
as Mort Powell
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Alan North
as Judge
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Danton Stone
as Saabs
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Doug Yasuda
as Hsu
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Bill Smitrovich
as Bruce Concannon
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Paul Bates
as Manuel Robles
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Floyd Vivino
as Eddie Avis
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John Terlesky
as Adam Burgess
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David Packer
as Mark Olander
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Larry King
as Himself
- John Blythe Barrymore
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Julian Bell
as TV Anchor
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John Bennes
as Pharmacist
- Corey Carrier
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Lynda A. Clark
as Executive #1
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Maggie Han
as Connie Vega-Margolis
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Alan Haufrect
as Hit and Run Victim
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J. Michael Hunter
as Eric the Orderly
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Robert Ito
as Yamashita's Aide
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J.J.
as Montesque
- John Marshall Jones
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Mark Joy
as Executive #2
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Lloyd Kino
as Mr. Yamashita
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Mick McGovern
as Rig Driver
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Ann Pierce
as William Holden
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Jill Pierce
as Heavy Daughter
- Cliff Eidelman
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Mitch Markowitz
as Utility Nut
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David Muir
as Continental Express Driver
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Robert Weiss
as Outraged Movie Patron
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Pam La Testa
as Heavy Woman
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Kim Clark
as Very Large Man
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Randell Haynes
as Powell
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Lorri Lindberg
as Stephen's Secretary
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Bob Martana
as Heavy Man
- Allison Caine
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Ed Lillard
as Senior Executive Matthews
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Christine Larson
as Operator #1
