AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

atlasmb In the aptly named "Love Crazy", Myrna Loy and William Powell again prove that they make a marvelous screen pairing. And someone did a good job of selecting projects for them.The story starts with Powell and Loy almost giddily happy about their fourth anniversary. Then Susan's (Loy's) mother arrives and things go downhill. She's a clueless meddler who doesn't really like her son-in-law Stephen (Powell). Circumstances conspire to thrust an old flame into Stephen's path and his mother-in-law is there to witness just enough to inject doubt into the happy couple's relationship.It's a winding story, but eventually Stephen tries to convince everyone that he is insane in order to save his marriage. Things spiral out of control as each misunderstanding compounds.Powell proves a master of physical comedy in this film and he turns in an impressive performance dressed as a woman. The writing delivers some terrific one-liners. Although this film deserves to be considered one of the best Powell-Loy matchups, for me the level drops off slightly after Susan starts to seriously doubt Stephen.And it may be just me, but the portrayals of the legal profession and the psychiatry profession took me slightly out of the story. The legal doctrine used in the film seemed fabricated in parts. And the haphazard use of psychiatric jargon was jarring. It is possible, I suppose, that a psychiatrist in 1940 might have used phrenology as an aid in diagnosis, but no doctor would actually confuse schizophrenia with insanity. But these are not serious impediments to enjoying this film. I will deduct one point in my grading.This film has much to recommend it. The Powell-Loy chemistry shines in the best parts and the twisting plot keeps things interesting.

GManfred "Love Crazy" is a screwball comedy which almost got in under the wire to actually qualify for that title, but missed by a year or two. Nevertheless, we can call it one for the sake of argument, because it contains most of that genre's qualities. Mainly, it is very funny in a frenetic, absurd sense.The frenetic part comes in the beginning as Steve (Wm. Powell) decides to surprise his wife (Myrna Loy) on their anniversary. They engage in that banter that made them a famous team in "The Thin Man" series. Lots of funny lines and visual fun, until her Mom (Florence Bates) shows up unexpectedly. Then occurs one of those mistaken-circumstance deals found in the Astaire-Rogers films and upon which the basis of the plot is formed, as he is caught in a lie.Gradually, the humor becomes absurd, as he decides to be a crazy person to save his marriage. After a bit, it becomes tiresome and more illogical and contrived, but you just go with it because you get the feeling everything will turn out alright. And you would be right. Who knew William Powell could do slapstick and some lowbrow comedy? Well, he does and he is very funny. The picture maintains a pretty high level of humor throughout, although it strains and tries too hard towards the end. It gets a big boost from Jack Carson in a support role, and look for a young Elisha Cook, Jr. as an elevator operator.I often found screwball comedies tiresome, but this one is different, and I rated it that way. For some reason it's not as well-known or seen as much as other, more famous movies of this type. It is very worth your time, whether you're a fan of screwball or not.

ctomvelu-1 Employing sets, costumes and several players from THE THIN MAN series, LOVE CRAZY is a comic trifle that allows William Powell to get crazy and mug for the camera as a man about to lose his wife (Myrna Loy) through a misunderstanding involving an old flame (Gail Patrick). The movie is funny for the first half, then drags in the second as Powell goes on the run from the cops after pretending to be nuts. One of the problems with LOVE CRAZY is that stretches of the film involve Powell without Loy, and they just don't work. Without Loy, Powell just looks like a jackass. Jack Carson plays a clueless neighbor smitten with Loy, and does his best with this small role. Watch LOVE CRAZY for its historical value. It's no THIN MAN, however.

kenjha Complications arise as a couple celebrates its fourth wedding anniversary in this screwball comedy. Powell and Loy are as wonderful as ever and get good support from Patrick as Powell's man-eating ex-girlfriend, Carson as the fellow Loy uses to get even with her cheating husband, and Bates as Loy's meddling mother. It gets off to a terrific start, including a hilarious scene where Powell gets his head stuck in the elevator doors. As the action shifts to an insane asylum in the middle part of the film, the comedy is somewhat forced and unfunny. However, the last part is quite amusing, with a rare chance to see Powell in drag.