Melanie Griffith is the perfect choice to play Lucille, the dizzy, Southern, '60s sex bomb, housewife heroine of Crazy In Alabama, adapted from Mark Childress's novel about a happy-go-lucky gal headed for Hollywood, on the lam after offing her abusive husband. Her story is narrated by her favorite nephew (Lucas Black), a white trash lad who is central to a heavy-handed parallel story about a civil rights struggle in their Alabama hometown. Actor-turned-director Antonio Banderas (Griffith's real-life spouse) makes a few rookie mistakes, but although Alabama is often uneven, overall it's a delightfully quirky, if predictable, comedy fable. Recommended. (R. Blackwelder)
Crazy in Alabama
Columbia TriStar, 113 min., PG-13, VHS: $104.99, DVD: $27.95, Mar. 28. Vol. 15, Issue 2
Crazy in Alabama
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