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Love Crazy

Love Crazy

Comedy · Romance · 1941

Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.

Movie details

Love Crazy

“Hearty laughers welcome! Come on over and HOWL!”

1941 Comedy · Romance 1h 39m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Love Crazy?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jack Conway

Written by

David Hertz · William Ludwig · Charles Lederer

William Powell

William Powell

Steve Ireland

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

Susan Ireland

Gail Patrick

Gail Patrick

Isobel Kimble Grayson

Jack Carson

Jack Carson

Ward Willoughby

Florence Bates

Florence Bates

Mrs. Cooper

Sidney Blackmer

Sidney Blackmer

Lawyer George Renny

Sig Ruman

Sig Ruman

Dr. Wuthering

Court is in session

Put Love Crazy on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.