ManiakJiggy This is How Movies Should Be Made

Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

tieman64 "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.

pil2353 When you watch a film like this, you know what is going to happen once he meets his probation officer, they are going to get together so what I look for is an interesting story and characters and unfortunately neither of these are present in this film! I had a glimmer of hope when Tim Allens character meets a brat in the corridor and trips him, only to find out that he is the son of the probation officer. I thought this was a great opportunity for some genuine comedy as Aleen tried to win her affections while her son made it difficult but it went the other direction.From then on the whole plot seemed rather contrived and unfunny, it tried too hard really

Apollocandybar This movie should have been good, but just fell flat. I can't put my finger on why exactly. From the first minute, it's boring. The acting is not good, even Sigourney Weaver is not good! The script is flat.Nothing really happens. We watched this for about 45 minutes and just couldn't take it any longer.The main character is released from prison and supposedly trying to restart his life. It doesn't make much sense. The grandmother supposedly believes he's been in France for three years rather than prison. The sister (Weaver) is domineering towards her husband but flakes when around her brother. Doesn't make sense. The parts that are supposed to be comedy (Allen's character daydreams about violently attacking various characters) - aren't funny in the slightest.I felt like it SHOULD have been at least okay, but just wasn't!

gatsby0744 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?