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One Crazy Summer | Year: 1986 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Savage Steve Holland Actors/Actresses: - John Cusack - Demi Moore - Bobcat Golthwaite - Curtis Armstrong - Joel Murray - Jeremy Piven - Linda Warren - Jennifer Yahoodik One of the great goofy comedies One Crazy Summer is not a serious film; it's a comedy with a cartoonish style, but it's a wonderful example of what such an exaggeratedly wacky movie should be. Starting on the foundation of the basic 1980s screwball comedy, it transcends the other B movies of that genre with its characters and its own unique laugh-out-loud moments. Bobcat Goldthwait in particular steals the show as Egg Stork, but he's still there to back up the main character Hoops McCann (John Cusack), whose own cartoon creations--the cute and fuzzy bunnies--are determined to thwart his quest to find love. The standard '80s comedy elements come into play with Cassandra (Demi Moore), who's trying to save her grandfather's house from a nasty stereotype villain who wants to build a lobster restaurant in its place. Everything seems to click pretty well in the movie; it doesn't have any dull spots and the humor stays pretty fresh even at a second and third viewing. It's become one of my perennial favorites. There are some especially worthwhile moments, mostly due to Bobcat's wonderful zaniness. The Godzilla scene alone makes the movie memorable. The cartoons drawn by Cusack's character appear now and then to illustrate how his search for love is going; those cute and fuzzy bunnies are vicious. Parents take note: This is family fare; feel free to watch it with your kids. There's nothing really objectionable in the movie, and Demi stays dressed for a change. It's plenty funny without being raunchy, which is fairly refreshing. If you like a good top-of-the-line goofy B movie as much as I do, One Crazy Summer belongs in your collection. I can't wait for it to appear on DVD. A dozen crazy cameo's What can you say about a summer movie with characters who behave like "live-action" cartoons? Sounds like another crazy Steve Holland flick. With a casting call that features John Cusack with the likes of Demi Moore, Bobcat Golthwaite, Curtis Armstrong, Joel Murray & Jeremy Piven (among many others), "One Crazy Summer" keeps flinging trademark Savage-Steve sight gags and one-liners across the viewer's path. It's the underachievers versus the preppie jerks ala the '80's style, and Cusack's neurotic "Hoops" character is once again the closest person to "normal" this side of Demi Moore's musical '60's child. This one is fun, if only to see and hear how great the Bobcat used to be. Get crazy!! What happened to Savage Steve Holland? I enjoyed this film more than Better Off Dead. It has a peculiar logic not seen in John Hughes' teen comedies.John Cusak wallowing in his "artistic self misery" is taken to Nantucket island for a holiday. Here he meets the Stork twins (Bobcat Goldthwaite and his identical(?) 6'4" twin) and the evil supercilious A+ crowd. Scattered throughout a fairly predictable plot of coming-of-age wisdom and redemption are truly insane characters and moments. I could watch this film over and over savouring the loopy characters, animation breaks and the ridiculous situations - the mechanical giant dolphin with rabies, Ack Ack's power crazy scoutmaster Dad, Uncle listening to the radio waiting to win money and his final revenge and the dangerously unpredictable Stork twin Egg.Cusak is delightfully restrained and uncomfortable in these situations. Demi Moore is bland as a hippy folk singer. This is a film that is more than a sum of its parts and if you think 16 candles was the best Hughes movie watch this picture. It's left field but it's worth it. Buy One Crazy Summer at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on One Crazy Summer Search with the Priority Search Engine on One Crazy Summer This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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