Like Crazy
Directed by Drake Doremus
- drama
- romance
The story
A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.
What it’s like
Handheld, close-in camera that hovers at the shoulders of its two leads, so most scenes feel like overheard intimacy: kitchen tables, rented rooms, the glow of a laptop screen at night, long stretches of low-key natural light through apartment windows and the flat greys of Los Angeles and London. The palette runs warm and washed-out, with an improvised, almost documentary texture, and much of the sound is ordinary room tone, traffic, and the rustle of clothes, broken by a sparse, melancholic score that arrives only in the quieter gaps. Its vibe is wistful and bittersweet, a slow ache of missed timing and long distance, the kind of film that suits a rainy weekend alone or a late night when you want something tender and unresolved. The pace is loose and conversational, and the emotional arc follows a young couple whose love keeps running into bureaucracy and their own stubbornness as they grow up and drift. Intensity is low: there is no violence, and the sex scenes are brief and non-graphic, with the real tension coming from separation, paperwork and hurt feelings. It suits viewers who want a grounded, emotionally honest romance that sits with heartbreak rather than rushing toward a bow.
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