Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
On Quartile, Like Crazy scores 6.5/10 across five categories — strongest on Plot (Above Average), weakest on Novelty (Below Average).
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.
Like Crazy is a naturalistic indie romance that benefits enormously from committed, improvisational performances by Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin, who bring genuine emotional authenticity to a long-distance relationship worn thin by circumstance. The plot covers familiar territory — young love tested by distance and legal barriers — but handles it with honesty rather than melodrama. The cinematography is functional and intimate, matching the DIY aesthetic of director Drake Doremus's semi-improvised approach. The ending, deliberately ambiguous and somewhat hollow, is thematically apt but divisive. Novelty is moderate; the visa-separation premise gives it a specific angle, but the emotional beats of drifting apart and rekindling are well-trodden in indie romance.