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Drive Me Crazy
20th Century Fox

Drive Me Crazy reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 42 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.5 out of 10
based on 24 reviews
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based on 21 votes
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for teen alcohol and drug use, and for language

Starring Melissa Joan Hart, Adrian Grenier, and Stephen Collins

Nicole (Hart) and Chase (Grenier) live next door to each other - but are worlds apart. When both find themselves dateless, they reluctantly join forces to navigate the land mines of high school love. Unexpectedly, Nicole and Chase find that the one they always wanted was closer than they ever realized. (20th Century Fox)


GENRE(S): Comedy  
WRITTEN BY: Todd Strasser
Rob Thomas
 
DIRECTED BY: John Schultz  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: March 14, 2000 
Video: March 14, 2000 
Theatrical: October 1, 1999 
RUNNING TIME: 91 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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75
Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Buoyed by the appealing Hart and Grenier.
75
San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
An impressively competent "how will male teen star get with female teen star at high school dance?" romance.
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65
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
The appealing cast makes the most of the derivative story.
63
Chicago Tribune Mark Caro
An innocuous teen film.
63
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Slight and sweet, not a great high school movie but kinda nice, with appealing performances by Hart and Grenier.
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60
Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson
Actually quite agreeable, but only because of a group of actors who are able to salvage the paper-thin material.
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60
Film.com Tom Keogh
Doesn't go the distance in either story or style, unwilling to liberate itself from real or presumed expectations about what it takes to sell a movie featuring teenagers.
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60
Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
Impressively nuanced.
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58
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Amusing in its very shallowness.
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50
San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Succeeds in its modest way because its stars, Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier, are pleasant to be around.
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50
The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder
When it comes to an ending, Drive Me Crazy offers no surprises, but it arrives there in amiable, sensible style.
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50
Miami Herald Phoebe Flowers
That it manages a certain air of likability is due solely to the considerable charms of Grenier.
50
New York Post Jonathan Foreman
Recycles the teen romantic comedies of the last few years...and it's easily the worst of the lot.
50
Boston Globe Jay Carr
Gets by on the watchability of its young stars.
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50
USA Today Mike Clark
A minimally tolerable excuse to splice one or two perfunctory scenes between song cues.
50
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Smarter and more engaging than it has to be.
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40
Los Angeles Times Robin Rauzi
Like the song, the movie is bouncy and catchy but disposable pop material.
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40
Washington Post Desson Thomson
Enough to make any thinking person want to shoot a hole in the screen.
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30
TNT RoughCut Christopher Brandon
A poor excuse to put out a soundtrack of teen pop songs.
30
Variety Robert Koehler
Sloppy and dull in equal measures.
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30
LA Weekly Paul Cullum
Nothing in this craven exercise... will register in the memory for longer than the walk back to the car.
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25
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Isn't a movie as much as it is a feature-length screen test.
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20
Austin Chronicle Sarah Hepola
The goal of Drive Me Crazy is simple: to sell tickets by selling fantasy.
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16
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
So badly plotted and written that it rarely makes much sense, even with the elementary story line.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 21 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Kissy P. gave it a10:
It is a great film.It's pleasure to watch it.

kels T. gave it a10:
This has to be one of the best shows ever!! Grenier and Hart make the movie amazing!!

Jacqueline de V. gave it a 10:
It's perfect. The moving is exiting till the end. I wish it was everlasting.

Yvonne G. gave it a 10:
It's an easy movie but the story is about the lives all boys and girls lead. it's perfect and of course chase is really cute.

Erin S. gave it a 10:
This is the best movie ever! It's one of those movies that will be stuck in your head until you force it out of your mind and then it comes back in 10 minutes. Everyone HAS to see this movie. It's a classic story.Geek and Prep fall in love.

Naomi H. gave it a 10:
I was friends with Elizabeth Hart and it was nice to see her and her sister appear together. They have worked hard for it...

Yoon C. gave it a 7:
Cliched, banal, and so forth. But, the leads, especially the female, perform their roles with true dedication and isn't that what's best and most precious about youth? Believing in one's own dreams? Decent teen movie, far superior to most.

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