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Crazy Love

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79% Tomatometer 89 Reviews 72% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Filmmaker Dan Klores examines the strange love affair of Burt Pugach and Linda Riss. Pugach is a successful attorney in the 1950s New York when he meets much-younger Riss. The pair date, but Riss breaks off contact with Pugach upon learning his claims of divorce are false. Discovering that Riss was engaged to another man, Pugach hires some men to throw lye in her face, and he serves 14 years in prison for the crime.

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Crazy Love's subjects and story are so compelling that they overcome the doc's dry, talking heads format.

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Melissa Anderson Time Out 09/22/2007
3/6
As with all banner-head stories, there comes a point when you tire of being screamed at. Go to Full Review Manohla Dargis New York Times 09/22/2007
2/5
Far too readily tends to play this pathetic story for laughs. Go to Full Review Andrew Sarris Observer 09/22/2007
It's too easy to feel superior to these two people and their marriage in hell for the sake of some easy (or even uneasy) laughter. Go to Full Review Christopher Campbell Nonfics (Substack) 02/14/2025
The best Valentine’s Day movie of all time. Go to Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens 11/07/2019
Love and fate are funny things. And when on a collision course such as that of Linda and Burt the end result can only be on thing - CRAZY LOVE. Go to Full Review Troy Patterson Spin 10/25/2019
4/4
Dan Klores shapes their tale into a documentary as arresting as a Weegee crime-scene photo. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 7 Real footage in 1 hour and 32 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Language, Sexual References and Mature Thematic Elements!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $300,400.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Rick W @RT80523211 03/04/2023 Not too much shine factor in this documentary because the subject tended on the shallow side. The abusive man, after blinding his girlfriend for life, talks like nothing happened. And then they get back together after him in prison for 14 years, I am suspecting this couple discovered, not absolute forgiveness, perhaps something more like a lot of money being in the public eye. I could be wrong. This doc is good for one watch simply because of the insane story, but no second watch. See more 07/17/2022 You can't believe what you're watching, and read abiut what happened to them after the movie. Just incredible. See more 10/27/2016 this is one of the best documentaries i've ever seen. It's almost hard to believe it actually happened See more 02/20/2016 Definitely crazy, love had nothing to do with it though. See more 02/03/2016 Fascinating, stranger-than-fiction story. Very well-done doc as well. See more Read all reviews
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Dan Klores

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Fisher Stevens

Director

Dan Klores

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Dan Klores

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Fisher Stevens

Producer

Wolfgang Held

Cinematographer

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Synopsis Filmmaker Dan Klores examines the strange love affair of Burt Pugach and Linda Riss. Pugach is a successful attorney in the 1950s New York when he meets much-younger Riss. The pair date, but Riss breaks off contact with Pugach upon learning his claims of divorce are false. Discovering that Riss was engaged to another man, Pugach hires some men to throw lye in her face, and he serves 14 years in prison for the crime.
Director
Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens
Producer
Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens
Screenwriter
Dan Klores
Distributor
ThinkFilm
Production Co
Shoot the Moon Productions
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Sexual References|Mature Thematic Elements)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 1, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 23, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$300.4K
Runtime
1h 32m