Crazy Love is a crazy documentary that will leave your jaw dropping after the final credits roll on by. This is the type of film that gets you thinking, “there’s no way that happened” and then proves you wrong. The true ending is so messed up that you have to think it’s all made up — but, alas, it’s all true and that’s the power of this film.
Having made nearly 20 documentaries when a doc film really surprises me I know it’s been well made. Director Dan Klores crafts an amazing tale of love, angst, terror, betrayal and just plain weirdness as well as any documentary since Sherman’s March. He leads us through a confusing, yet, engaging narrative that one moment has you thinking you’re watching a love story and the next moment, a horror film.
Of course, a documentary is only as good as it’s characters and how can you beat Burt and Linda? They’re both straight out of central casting circa 1960 and their relationship could have easily been a noir film directed by John Huston (think Edward G. Robinson and Jane Greer in the lead roles).
The interviews are intimate and the stock footage/newsreels are used just enough to take us back in time, but not too much so that we feel like we are watching a historical film. Klores gives us just enough information at just the right times to keep us motivated and interested in these two colorful characters and leaves the biggest surprise for the final third of the film so we’re surprised at the end.
This is a great film that will keep you talking for days.
Rating: 
1/2
Film Website: http://www.crazylovefilm.com/
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