A wonderful movie with many things to say about family and homosexuality. The main character can perhaps be seen as a modern Jesus who can do miracles yet he suffers the Passion of a homosexual raised in a conservative and religious place and family. The character of the mother, the movie's Virgin Mary, is perhaps the strongest character of the movie. The bond between the mother and the son is wonderfully presented. The connection with music is genius, a modern Jesus has to be distinctive if not a star. The story is somehow said through music of different types and time, from father's precious "Crazy" and dinner chansons to Zac's "Space Oddity" and other progressive rock and androgynous stuff signifying the oddity and complexity of not being "one of them". I loved the escape to modern Jerusalem, very meaningful. Significantly modern Jesus is abandoned by his Father and is saved by a local nomad. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

C.R.A.Z.Y. – CATCH IT (A) French Canadian C.R.A.Z.Y. is one of the finest coming of age films I've ever seen. Being a sucker for dysfunctional family movies, and C.R.A.Z.Y. does a justice to portray a family living in 1970s coming with terms of sexuality of his son. Raising five sons in one house is not easy, and so that's what we see here. Kudoz to director for keeping it real even though at times I wanted to see him push the envelope and show us how does Zac actually finally feels (sexually) being his own. Anyways it's not a big deal as the movie is gem in itself. I have to say I loved the dialogues and screenplay. Marc-André Grondin is truly spectacular, I saw him in Goon May 2012 and then I saw this movie. So watching him from playing jerk to this coming of age boy, His performance is truly heart hitting believable. Here he is not someone getting bullied by people because he fights hard against what he feels or what he is. Anyways I have become huge admirer of him. Pierre-Luc Brilliant ias Raymond is superb, the ultimate junky teaser. Michel Côté & Danielle Proulx are superb as parents of five boys surviving with whats happening to their sons. I even forgot that it's a movie and not a real family. Overall, C.R.A.Z.Y. is one of the finest coming of age or dysfunctional family movies I have ever seen. Truly deserve all the accolades and 100% rating on Rotten tomatoes.

C.R.A.Z.Y. is my favourite movie since the year it came out. Is perfect in every sense, the narration is beautiful and every single scene is powerful. It is a story of growing up in the 70's in Canada and being different. It is not just a story about Zac but a story about Zac and Christian. The parents have five sons; three of them are successful or what society likes to call »normal«. Two stand out. One is too gentle, the other one too rebel. It shows that life is difficult for everyone that cannot be what others wants them to be. And it is difficult to learn how to deal with it and whether to change yourself. It shows all the unsuccessful struggles before finally or never figuring the solution out. This movie does not lie that people can change through night. Every process needs time to bloom. With an addition of Canadian-French culture.

C.R.A.Z.Y. was my favorite film of 2005, the year that Crash and Brokeback Mountain dominated the Academy Awards. C.R.A.Z.Y. never received a proper theatrical release in the U.S. and was not nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar, in fact it was only when a subsidiary of Netflix picked up the title that it got a belated release on DVD. In it's native Canada however the film was a huge success, outselling big Hollywood blockbusters that year and sweeping the Genie Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the Oscars) later on.It's most definitely a feel-good audience pleaser despite some darker moments and I have a hard time imagining anyone not liking it. The story concerns a French Canadian/Catholic family living in the Quebec suburbs in the 1970's and centers primarily on one of the son's, Zachary. His coming to terms with being gay is the plot thread that runs through the film but it also covers many years and many characters through the years, Christmas, weddings, births, deaths. The title of the film comes from the first initials of the family's 5 brothers as well as the Patsy Cline tune Crazy that the father is obsessed with. With Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane and David Bowie it's amazing that the films soundtrack never got a separate release. It's terrific.I will note a technical oddity I experienced with this Canadian import disc. Two blu-ray players were unable to access the French subtitles but then they worked fine when played on a PS3. Don't know how to explain it but just a heads up. Needless to say, the regular DVD's look muddy compared to the sharpness of this blu-ray HD transfer.