Cool and the Crazy
by Ralph Bakshi
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Actor: Alicia Silverstone, Bradford Tatum, Jared Leto, Jennifer Blanc, Matthew FlintDirector: Ralph Bakshi
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Cinematographer: Roberto Schaefer
Writer: Ralph Bakshi
Editor: Larry Bock
Producer: Amy Grauman Danziger
Producer: Debra Hill
Producer: Lou Arkoff
Producer: Willie Kutner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-08-05
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Dimension
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Summary: 5 Stars
This is a story about the "traditional" paradigm of a young woman whose life has gone astray. Alicia Silverstone plays an All American beauty, girl-next-door type - the prom queen type who was popular in high school. She marries young, has a child and immediately finds herself.....bored. Her husband is a good man, but works long hours to support his family. What's a girl to do?
The story takes place apparently in the late 1950s. This is appropriate for a couple of reasons. First of all, at this time it was still normal for the man to be the breadwinner and the woman to be a housewife. This concept is almost un-heard of today in dual-income families.
Second, this was the hey-day of the "bad boy" types. The fellows who are 10 time losers but believe themselves to be cool. The bullies who think they're tough by having 5 of their friends beat someone up. As you've probably guessed by now, our prom queen has too much time on her hands and gets seduced by a punk.
The timing is also consistent as the late 1950s were on the eve of the sexual revolution and the idea of "free love" that came into its own in the 60s. Some allusions to this are made as well.
While the plot of this movie may sound like a Romantic comedy, it is not. It's a drama. It's about a turbulent time in the social fabric of American history, when women ceased being "satisfied" as stay-at-home mothers, and economic conditions forced them not to be such.
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