"Get Crazy" is a film directed by Allan Arkush, the same man who made another similar and equally goofy film, "Rock 'n Roll High School". For this reason AND Siskel & Ebert both recommending it, I decided to give this obscure 1980s cult film a view.
There really is very little in the way of plot (much like "Rock 'n Roll High School"). Instead, there's a broad plot and lots and lots of episodic humor that comes so quickly that if you don't laugh at one joke, you are almost immediately hit with another! Sure, many of the laughs fall flat, but the film has a likable goofiness that kept my interest.
The basic plot idea is that a producer is trying to put on a huge New Years Eve concert....and an evil man (Ed Begley Jr.) and his minions are trying to stop it. Apparently the evil folks want the concert to fail so that they can buy up the place for cheap.
So is it any good? Yes and no. The film certainly is NOT sophisticated nor deep...but the film is fun. My only caveat is the film is MUCH more adult than "Rock 'n Roll High School", as there is much nudity and a funny but crude bit involving a rock star's 'member'. Definitely NOT a film to show the kids kids, your mother or Father O'Brien.
There really is very little in the way of plot (much like "Rock 'n Roll High School"). Instead, there's a broad plot and lots and lots of episodic humor that comes so quickly that if you don't laugh at one joke, you are almost immediately hit with another! Sure, many of the laughs fall flat, but the film has a likable goofiness that kept my interest.
The basic plot idea is that a producer is trying to put on a huge New Years Eve concert....and an evil man (Ed Begley Jr.) and his minions are trying to stop it. Apparently the evil folks want the concert to fail so that they can buy up the place for cheap.
So is it any good? Yes and no. The film certainly is NOT sophisticated nor deep...but the film is fun. My only caveat is the film is MUCH more adult than "Rock 'n Roll High School", as there is much nudity and a funny but crude bit involving a rock star's 'member'. Definitely NOT a film to show the kids kids, your mother or Father O'Brien.