Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

dr_frightmarestein After reading the other reviews of this movie, I have come to realize that this is a love it or despise it kind of movie. I fall into the latter category. That being said, I have absolutely no idea why so many people love this movie. I am a big Sam Raimi fan, and a marginal Coen Bros. fan, but this movie is a complete disaster. It misfires on so many levels. The writing is atrocious, the directing is awful, the acting is terrible, and the sound is the worst of all. Some movies are so bad they become good, but this movie doesn't even reach that mark. If somebody had told me the script for this movie was written in three hours and production took four days, I would believe them. I really can't stress enough how terrible this movie is. I understand that Raimi and the Coens were going for a comic book-y feel, but they have failed miserably. This movie never should have been made.

merklekranz Nobody is a bigger fan of the Coen Brothers and Sam Raimi. Believe me this is no "Fargo" or "A Simple Plan". "Crimewave" is a challenge to sit through, and I have seen "Ren and Stimpy" cartoons that made more sense. The viewer is bounced back and forth between two cartoon-like stories, neither one of which is remotely interesting. My feeling is that many fans of the Coens and Sam Raimi will be curious enough about "Crimewave" to seek this out. Be warned, this film is a total mess, almost unwatchable, and to be avoided, unless you find unfunny, boorish, badly acted, films entertaining. Forget "Crimewave", I know I am trying to forget it as I write this. - MERK

pvanhecke It is so strange how some films never seem to catch the attention of either the public or the critics. Most would rightly assume the reason being the lack of quality of the film in question, which is indeed often the case. But not so with 'Crimewave', at least not as far as I am concerned.This film is so far out that most people never ever venture there and never will. There is scarcely anything normal about this film: even other Coen products pale into normality compared to it. And this is precisely the film's attractiveness. The situations, characters, dialogues and overall cinematographic language is absolutely unique. I cannot compare Crimewave with any other film out there, and I've seen thousands. Cartoonesque, surreal, utterly stupid, screamingly funny because not trying to be, the film boasts attributes I have not really encountered anywhere else, at least not in just the one film. Tex Avery cartoons may at times spring to mind, as may some films by French director George Lautner, or Bogdanovich' screamingly funny 'What's Up, Doc?' ... oh, and of course the equally terrific over the top romp 'Raising Arizona'!Acting as well is so totally over the top that even just trying to take it serious, merely results in total incomprehension on the part of the utterly bewildered and bemused viewer. This film is totally about style inasmuch as even its substance is style.The incredibly unreal atmosphere the film exudes is - apart from the aspects already mentioned - also due to the lavish use of alienatingly oversaturated colours: they marvellously complement the overall strangeness of the film.I have seen this film dozens of times and have never had any cinematic blinkers on me and I still get warped and thrilled out of my human, mainly logical mind by everything this jewel of a film can and does throw at me, time and time again.Approach it for yourself without prejudice, constraint or any other preconceived notion of what a film can, must, could or should be and simply enjoy 80 minutes of marvel!

georgewbinladen I am a huge Coen Brothers fan, a huge Sam Raimi fan, and I love Bruce Campbell as well- but the whole does not always equal the sum of its parts as demonstrated by this movie. Unlike the films that I love by these guys (Blood Simple, Barton Fink, Lebowski, Evil Dead, Evil Dead II etc., etc.,)there is virtually no character development an I developed only a superficial interest in the storyline. Granted there are a few premonitions of the Coen Brothers masterful production, (the carpet scene is cool) But- a few cool scenes don't make this stinker watchable. I ordered a Chinese bootleg and paid $10 shipping just to see it, and it was *not* worth it- take it from me that even if you're a big fan of the directors and actors involved, don't waste your time!