Crazy Love
A love story stranger than fiction
A love story stranger than fiction
Documentary, Romance
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2007
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Filmmaker Dan Klores examines the strange love affair of Burt Pugach and Linda Riss. Pugach is a successful attorney in 1950s New York when he meets much-younger Riss. The pair date, but Riss breaks off contact with Pugach upon learning his claims of divorce are false. Discovering that Riss was engaged to another man, Pugach hires some men to throw lye in her face, and he serves 14 years in prison for the crime.
Director:
Details
Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
92 min
Release date:
22 Nov 2007
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
5 wins & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
As with all banner-head stories, there comes a point when you tire of being screamed at.
– Melissa Anderson,
Time Out New York,
22 Sep 2007
rotten:
It's too easy to feel superior to these two people and their marriage in hell for the sake of some easy (or even uneasy) laughter.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
22 Sep 2007
rotten:
Far too readily tends to play this pathetic story for laughs.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
22 Sep 2007
fresh:
A Bronx tale full of jaw-dropping behavior and jaw-dropping hairdos.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
22 Sep 2007
rotten:
Particularly because many viewers have already seen the TV-news version, almost any other genre would have been even more compelling -- a fictionalized drama, perhaps, or Truman Capote-style narrative non-fiction.
– Kerry Lengel,
Arizona Republic,
5 Jul 2007