Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Michael_Elliott The Crush (1993) ** (out of 4) Nick Eliot (Cary Elwes) is a journalist who rents out a guest house and soon becomes friends with the owner's fourteen-year-old daughter Darian (Alicia Silverstone). It doesn't take long for Nick to realize that the young's girls ideas of a friendship are a lot more than what he is willing to give and soon her crush turns into something more dangerous.After the success of FATAL ATTRACTION we were getting all sorts of psycho thrillers. Films like SINGLE WHITE FEMALE and THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE were finding audiences so obviously another step was to make on dealing with a LOLITA type of character. THE CRUSH isn't a very original movie and for a thriller it contains no thrills so on that level it's really not that successful, which is too bad because there are a few good things sprinkled throughout the picture.The main reason to watch the movie are for the performances. The actors at least keep you glued into what's going on even though everything is pretty predictable unless you've never seen this type of film before. Elwes is very believable in his role as the writer who finds himself getting too much attention. You've got Silverstone in his screen debut doing a nice job as the troubled woman but there's no question that the screenplay really didn't give her too much to work with. She pulls off the sexy Lolita just fine but the mental issues of the character are never really explored. Jennifer Rubin is good as Elwes' love interest and Kurtwood Smith gets some good scenes as the girl's father.The biggest issue with this movie is that we've seen it countless times before and there's not a single original idea on display here. Even the sexual undertones are kept pretty minimum and instead we're basically seeing a watered down version of LOLITA. The fact that there's not any suspense and hell, there's not even a body count shows that this movie would have been better off on Lifetime instead of in theaters.

Danii Disaster This wacky movie is so bad, it is actually somewhat entertaining. It is apparent from the very start that this is going to be an extremely stupid, lame chick-flick, but you're kind of obligated to watch to see just HOW dumb it's going to get. And it doesn't disappoint.Obviously, someone just pulled the script right out of their backside as it is hard to imagine a more unrealistic and unlikely sequence of events.Alicia Silverstone, however, is very good. She shines in her debut performance, despite the fact that she is playing a terribly-written character.The male lead was far less impressive. In fact, one of the worst performances I've seen lately. It really doesn't help matters that he's playing an annoyingly dumb 28-year old, who, in fact, doesn't look or act any older than Adrian. I did not feel any sympathy for Nick to be honest. He was neither charismatic, nor in any other way likable. A protagonist that leaves you indifferent (I'd say annoyed, actually)... not a good sign.As for the movie itself. Well, it was a trainwreck. An amateurish one at that. The recipe used for this movie was: "Lolita" plus "Fatal Attraction" minus all the thrills and suspense plus a healthy dose of "lame" multiplied my 10 equals "The Crush".Watch it as a comedy, not as a thriller. Then you'll probably enjoy it. Trust me, there are laughs to be had at the expense of the screenplay writer(s). Just when you think that it simply cannot get any dumber... it will surprise you!

videorama-759-859391 I steered away from this movie, cause I got sick and tired of these Fatal Attraction, Single White Female movies. When finally deciding to watch it, I was glad I did. It was one of those movies, I wanted to bop myself on the head for not watching earlier. It's other attribute was short lived star, Silverstone, as the troubled 14 year old lolita, who falls for new renter, Elwes, a journalist, twice her age, and not good so with words, but impeccable, with facts, as his new boss tells him,in words to that effect. One not innocent lingering kiss between him and Silverstone, starts off a another Fatal Attraction type nightmare. Elwes, should of stopped this, before the kiss, where Silverstone did sucker him into this little romantic drive. But if he had done the proper thing, Silverstone still would of been stalking him. Nick (Elwes) a real good character actor, who does his role justice, wasn't really out of line, with improper conduct before this, though. Darian (Silverstone who's just the acting drive in this) isn't a very well girl, and had fixated on someone else in her earlier, with a not so happy result for her victim. She really only has one girl friend, where at school, as she refers, they look at her like some kind of freak. So we can see what her problems are, and why she is vying for this sort of attention. There are moments where we really feel sorry for her, especially at the end, where she's placed back in psyche ward, the fixation on Nick, undying, and then it's a new one, so we see a pattern. Silverstone's wonderful, if magnetic performance is half the reason to watch the film, utterly believable and scary as this obsessed teen with a crush so bad, it's frightening. Her obsession isn't helped with Elwes's work colleague, Amy (Jennifer Rubin- Bad Dreams) is now going with him, really putting a spanner in her works. Anyone who's comes between the victim's obsessed love, pays, and I don't really feel about wasps. They sting. This little cute nifty thriller, that didn't have a cinema release in Adelaide, really runs nicely, with Silverstone just making Elwes life a nightmare, which we hope he will come out on top. Him punching Alicia off a portable merry go round, stored up in her attic, is an amusing tic of a moment. If anything, these movies have taught us, be careful in the starting of friendships, and don't lead the other person on, who could just happen to be a would be psycho.

akhila-52166 I didn't understand all the negative reviews of the Crush. People want to look at this like it should be realistic, yet it isn't intended to be. It is just your average teen horror fare. The film is about a girl named Darian (or Adrian, whichever you prefer) who meets a handsome older 30 year old Nick Elliot (Cary Elwes) and gets an unhealthy, creepy obsession with him. Darian (played by Alicia Silverstone) is a talented and attractive 14 year old girl who is vulnerable and awkward in her struggles to make friends. Eventually Darian becomes a huge burden and does major damage to Nick's livelihood, causing him to get arrested on suspicion of statutory rape and losing his job. Things work out in the end though serendipitously by some luck by chance.In my opinion, Alicia Silverstone did an excellent job in this movie. For only 16, she played the part well of an insecure teenager, balanced with the role of a young seductive siren trying to make Nick Elliot break the law. You could really see her talent as a young actress which rightfully sprung her into other roles like Clueless(1995), True Crime(1996) and Blast from the Past(1999). Cary Elwes was a lot less impressive with his role and his acting, but he did make a funny pairing with Alicia Silverstone. The movie has many comical and endearing parts to it. Some of it seems exaggerated and unbelievable, like the way he was arrested without proper evidence, the homeowners believing him to be a drug dealer, and him not bothering to call before showing up to their house! You will laugh at the absurdity of these situations most definitely. Overall, it's entertaining, not bad to check out, especially if you are a major Alicia Silverstone fan. It's not bad watching less serious stuff once in a while.