Crazy Moon

This film is an excellent example of Canadian Kiefer Sutherland's acting talent. In this film, he portrays an emotionally stunted young man, who meets a beautiful deaf girl. Although he is rich, and has all the advantages possible, he never got over the feeling of abandonment caused by his mother's disappearance after his birth. The deaf girl is attractively portrayed by Vanessa Vaughn, whom, I believe, is deaf in real life. Their courtship is very touching, as she helps him overcome his fear of swimming while he coaches her to speak better! They help each other with their physical and emotional limitations. Another interesting element to this film is the atmosphere! Most of the music is hit songs from the 30's, as well as Canadian alternative music from the mid-eighties! All set in a picturesque modern-day Montreal setting! Although the plot is definitely weak and contrived in some places, this is still a very worthwhile film to watch on an emotional level!

I love this film. I saw it as a teenager on late night ITV years ago and was over joyed when i found it on DVD. I watched it and hoped it was as good as i remember it being when i saw it as a very tired teenager and i was not disappointed. A really sweet movie full of quirkiness, romance and music so eighties it hurts. Watch this movie and check out Kiefer Sutherland in one of his best rolls. He takes a lot of flack does Mr Sutherland from people who have only seen a select few of his movies and became slightly typecast during the 1990's until 24 relaunched his career at a time when the idea of Kiefer doing a role like that would have made most people chortle. I have to admit i do love Kiefer and have watched nearly all his films now, including t.v movies, some are not great (desert saints is pretty bad as is the break up)but some like After Alice, last days of Frankie the fly and crazy moon are exceptional. I framed my crazy moon poster yesterday that i got from ebay some years ago. Just looking at it made me want to get online and tell the world, now thats a sign of a good movie right?

I haven't seen this movie in a few years, but I found it so memorable that I have been searching for it for some time, at least to rent, just so I can see it again.

This film is wildly different from what you'd expect from an "80's romantic comedy", and has a distinctly Canadian flavour. While Hollywood likes to believe that it can portray romance between atypical people, it really is the role of the indie or non-American film to do that justice, and, as a not-so-normal preteen (who, by the bye really loved swing during the age of New Kids) this movie really struck a chord with me. If you are tired of watching 27-year-old super models try to act like unaccepted young people, this movie is for you.

Brooke is odd and insists on being himself, but he is still lovable... That is a good message for anyone to see.

Why, oh why, is this not out on DVD??

This movie has everything a person could want in entertainment-a combination of comedy and a touching love story,the background music of guy lombardo and kenny gardiner is just great,sutherland gives a good account as a shy oddball but what makes this film memorable is the fine performance of the deaf girl played by vanessa vaughan and who could forget her lovely smile,a fine canadian production!

That´s what the cover said, well i can agree to that. I always liked Kiefer Sutherland and his performance is not bad in this one either. So whats this move all about. Brooks (Kiefer Sutherland) is a eccentric rich kid with a foundness for big band music. He is dominated by his older brother Clevland (Peter Spence) that has a foundness for drugs and party. One day Brooks meets Annie, a deaf girl and they develop a special friendship and new understandings.

Well a good drama/love story depends on there charachters very much, and there are some flaws, for a start his brother played by Peter Spence is badly played, i guess its partly the directors fault. The movie has much of this 80´s style in it, but not all bad. I guess if the brother was played by somebody else and not totaly styled, this move could have been more timeless. As it is now, i get irritated everytime i see the guy. Well the movie is still good, i found it to be a very nice down to earth love story about to different types of induviduals, it has a nice pace and nice big band music (and a real crappy 80´s pop band ^^) and Kiefer is putting up a very nice preformance.

If you like to see a different down to earth 80´s love story, this is the movie.