InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

poindexter_mellon How To Pick Up Girls Using The Latest Facial Disfigurement Techniques. This is like the bible for psychotic dolts who are having trouble convincing women that they aren't really all that psychotic. I guarantee you there are some thick-headed lug nuts out there who will see this as a script for how to secure ownership of their woman. So in that respect it's a little bit worrisome.On the other hand, this was an entertaining and interesting movie. The woman made an unconventional but logical choice to marry the wealthy obsessed nerd who threw acid in her face. Perhaps she has plans to dismember him in his sleep some night. That would provide some serious sequel fodder.A pretty good movie. Her tanorexic friend is worth seeing too.

evening1 Linda Riss should have trusted her initial impression when she first met the "weird" and "strange" Burt Pugach. But she gave him her phone number "just to get rid of him," and with equally twisted logic, their sadomasochistic love story bloomed.The talking heads, with their Bronx accents, keep you glued to this documentary about two people who were severely damaged in childhood but never tried to understand what the trauma meant or learn from it, Burt was beaten by his mother, and Linda's father deserted when she was 4. "It was difficult not having a father around. Most families had fathers. Because even if he was a bum, he was there," a family friend explains with the bluntness that makes this film as hard to turn away from as a roadside car crash."Crazy Love" is less a tale of amorous obsession, as the filmmaker suggests, than one of psychopathy glorified by the press. There's no sense of shame or regret in either of the protagonists, who are shown together in a plethora of photos from the past but seem just barely to tolerate each other in the present. It's not that they've been so wackily in love as addicted to the limelight that has provided their 14-point-nine-nine minutes of fame.

ccthemovieman-1 This may be the most amazing true-life documentary I've ever seen. If it wasn't all true, I'd never believe it. Who would? This is an insane "love story," and it really happened. Ask the citizens of New York City who lived through this tabloid story. I'm sure they couldn't believe it, either, but it was headline news in their area for quite a while.I hesitate to say too much for those who haven't watched this, but I highly recommend this DVD. The filmmakers did an outstanding job in presenting all the major figures in this fascinating tale of twisted lovers....and "twisted" is putting it mildly, especially in regard to the chief male: Burt Pugach, who is one of the most despicable no-conscience people I've ever seen. If you have a low opinion of lawyers, you'll really appreciate this story! The female part of this bizarre "love" story is Linda Riis. She's the first person you see on camera and, from the first sentence on, you think incredulously "who is this?!" The weird sunglasses, eyebrows, obvious wig and brutally-frank New York directness and accent hits you like a truck. Her story, and from her perspective, is the most amazing of them all. Everyone else that follows - Burt and Linda's friends and associates - are almost as riveting. These are all real people, not actors.Trust me: you have to see this to believe it. If crazy people, obsession, romance, crime, loneliness, comedy, etc., are all something you find entertaining, this documentary has all of it. It might also disgust you that human beings can be so pathetic.I couldn't stop shaking my head in disbelief after this watching this documentary. Kudos to everyone involved in this film for a job very well done.

MediaRacket "Crazy Love" again shows us just how compelling real people and situations can be when compared to their fictional counterparts. The screenwriter has not yet been born who could come up with such a detailed, character-rich, period-to-present story. Simply outrageous, you can smell the ink of the old New York tabloids wafting from the screen. This film is endlessly entertaining, fascinating, scary, funny, familiar, confusing and confounding. I think that New Yorkers will find the film and it's tone particularly interesting. The stock footage and stills are outdone only by the amazing Bronx/Brooklyn-ese accents whining from this quirky but genuine group. Think of it, single scandalous crime whose layers have been evolving and unfolding for 50 years now. A must see!