I thought that there are things about Like Crazy to admire: two appealing leads, an intelligent and authentic story, a realistic beginning to the relationship, and a fine falling-in-love montage.
But my wife and her gal pals loathed it. Why? Primarily because they didn’t care about any of the characters. Of course that makes sense, because if you don’t relate to the characters, you’ll never buy into the story. The key to the story is an impulsive and stupid decision by the female lead that leads to the separation of the lovers; if you don’t care about the couple when this happens, then she’s just stupid.
The gals also pointed out that the extremely talented Jennifer Lawrence didn’t have much to do in this film other than get dumped twice by the same guy. On reflection, they have a good point there.
OH, we more than hated it. Was with 4 of my best gal pals and 3 of them wanted to walk out!!!