Metacritic Film

Crazy Like a Fox

Starring Roger Rees, Mary McDonnell, Paul Fitzgerald, Christina Rouner, Mark Joy, Myrrh Cauthen, Tom Bloom, and Howard Coon

MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Innovation Film Group
Comedy  |  Drama
98 minutes | Color
USA
Released In Theaters May 5, 2006

When big-city speculators cheat him out of his farm, old-time, eccentric Virginian Nathaniel Banks leaves his family and makes a new home in a cave on the creek, inspiring a community-wide rebellion as he eventually forces his way back home. Nat won't go down without a fight! (Delphi Film Foundation)

WRITTEN BY
Richard Squires

DIRECTED BY
Richard Squires

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

49 / 100

Critic Reviews

63 TV Guide
Nat comes off as flat-out crazy and more sad than amusing or heroic.
50 New York Post
Winning performances by Roger Rees and Mary McDonnell, as well as colorful Virginia locations, lift Crazy Like a Fox slightly above the TV-caliber script by its director.
50 Village Voice Jim Ridley
Whether you find the protagonist of Richard Squires's comedy-drama--a dangerous Confederate crackpot or an exemplar of principled defiance likely depends on which side of the Mason-Dixon Line you see the movie.
50 The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
Written and directed by Richard Squires, Crazy Like a Fox provides Mr. Rees with the daftest role of a long and varied career.
50 Washington Post
Mary McDonnell, as Nat's patient wife, provides too-brief clarity as Nat goes off the rails, finally taking the movie with him.

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