Sadly Over-hyped

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

"Crazy on the Outside" is an unwatchable comedy directed by and starring US comedian Tim Allen.Notable only for a minor role by actress Sigourney Weaver, the film is an awkward mixture of flat jokes, terrible writing and dated directorial choices. Odder still is the way the film's plot and aesthetics clash. Allen thinks he's making a chirpy children's flick, but his content says otherwise (lots of sex toys, heavy soul searching etc). It's an R rated movie that's been squeezed into a PG13 wrapper, a schizoid style which is perhaps due to Allen's uncertainty as to what type of audience he'd like to target and pander to.1/10 - Worth no viewings.

I watched this on DVD yesterday, and had low expectations going in. I had never heard of it before, but I liked Tim Allen's other movies. What a surprise-- I absolutely loved this movie and insisted on watching it over again with my wife.It's not really laugh out loud funny, but then again I laughed out loud anyway. Except for the two cons who work at Pirate burger (and maybe the manager there), none of the characters are one-dimensional, or even what you would expect (and the pirate burger employees are funny--they just have no depth).Here's the spoiler and my only regret. Sigourney Weaver's character (sister to Tim Allen's character) really wants what is best for her brother, but she tells lies (in her mind, "white lies") all through the movie, like the lie that Tommy (Tim Allen) has been in France for the past two years. In one scene that had me doing a spit-take, they are all seated at the family dinner table and Sigourney's husband (who knows where Tommy has been) asks Tommy if he expects to be returning to France, adding something like: "because you know, statistically, most people who have been to France, and get out, wind up going back to France." My one regret is that, at the very end of the movie, Jeanie Triplehorn's character lets the cat out of the bag rather than playing along with the whole "France" lie.Kelsey Grammar has a really funny small part, and Ray Liotta (who we expect to be his character from "Something Wild" comes across as having legitimate affection for Tommy, but is ultimately flawed and not good for Tommy. I loved the whole story line of how Tommy thinks he knows who he loves and what he wants, but comes to love someone else who actually values the life Tommy wants.My only question is this-- why wasn't this movie a bigger hit and why did it not have a better title?

I have never before reviewed a movie on IMDb (or anywhere for that matter), but after reading all of the negative reviews by critics as well as fellow IMDBers, I feel compelled to start speaking up. Frankly, I don't quite understand why everyone seems to passionately hate this movie so much. I saw an advanced screening of this and found myself laughing the whole way through. I loved the cast, the plot, everything. To me, this movie had the only thing that I truly care about in a comedy: it was funny! Sure, you can nitpick about all the little things. The story was a little unrealistic at times. Why were two younger women in love with Tim Allen's character? The animated heart was out of place. Maybe the story got a little corny here and there and sometimes the acting wasn't completely believable. But none of that really matters. When I pay to see a comedy, I want to be laughing during most of the movie, and this movie allowed me to do that. I was expecting from the trailer that it was going to be one of those movies that gets a slight chuckle now and then but isn't extremely funny, but it turned out much better than I was expecting. To be fair, I should mention that I consider myself a Tim Allen fan. Having said that, I can admit that most of his movies are pretty crummy, so for him to do this as his directorial debut, I think he did a better job than the directors of a lot of his other films. I say cheers to Tim for trying something new. His movies seem to be getting better. "Wild Hogs," "Redbelt," and now this. I think he's moving away from the corny family movies and into some more interesting material.

I thought this was going to be more of a laugh your ass off comedies, but that was not to be.Now, I am not saying the movie is bad, and it does have its moments with good comedy. But "Crazy on the Outside" is more of a warm story movie. There is something heartfelt to the story. And the build up and turns in the story are nice, especially the way the story progresses around the lies.The acting in the movie was really good, on everyone's part. And good to see marvelous performances from Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Ray Liotta, as usual. Actually nice to see Allen and Liotta back in a movie together. And with only supporting roles, Weaver and Liotta does one heck of a job with their roles.If you are expecting an all-out laugh your ass off comedy, this is not the movie to pick. But I think people should watch this movie at least once, because it is quite nice.