![]() ![]() Taryn Manning creates a fully fleshed character as Nicole's best friend Maddy, but the script just leaves her by the wayside. Lucinda Jenney ("Thirteen Days") is simply shrewish as Nicole's new stepmom. Bruce Davison does a good job as the caring parent who's at wits end. Hernandez does his best to appear initially wary, but we never get a sense of the stress he's been under that would make his character jeopardize all he's worked for. She's never looked rawer, sporting the bruised, vulnerable look of Jennifer Jason Leigh. The talented Kirsten Dunst propels herself through the film in bleary, angry, defiance gradually letting her natural radiance peak through after time spent with Carlos. For some odd reason, Carlos pays more heed to Nicole's father than his own family.ĭirector John Stockwell ("Under Cover") may be dealing with an implausible story, but he does get some fine performances from his cast. When the two finally get together, he's warned to stay away from the troublemaking Nicole for his own good. Carlos unbelievably misses his scheduled meeting with the man, distracted by a beach outing with Nicole. Once we're over this little hump, the filmmakers back off to show more of Nicole's free spirited, artistic side as well as the root of her problems.Ĭongressman Oakley takes an interest in the boy who wants to go to Annapolis and offers to sponsor him. Of course, first you'll need accept that straight arrow Carlos would give a second glance to a girl who's usually drunk, gets him into detention at their second meeting, dances provocatively through the streets of his neighborhood, tries to bed him within view of her own father (who mistakes him for their housekeeper's nephew) and is disapproved of by his entire extended family. Will the wild, rebellious girl drag down the fine, upstanding young man or will he snap her out of her self-destructive streak? "Crazy/Beautiful's" conflict resolution is too pat in Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi's ("Bug") script, but the two leads make the film somewhat engaging. The good looking, polite young man also attends her high school - by travelling on public transportation for two hours each way, each day - because he wants a good education in order to attend Annapolis. conviction, Nicole's harassed by a group of Latino teens from a poorer part of town, but one of them, Carlos Nunez (Jay Hernandez), catches her eye. While performing community service cleaning the beach as payback for a D.W.I. Nicole Oakley (Kirsten Dunst, "Bring It On") is the troubled, substance abusing daughter of a Congressman who attends high school in upscale Pacific Palisades. ![]()
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