Crazy is a family film. To me, it has particular anguishing moments as I review it in a Christmas day. A day to be always remembered as a day of frustration. I can easily relate to the main character of the movie, being born in 1958 in a working class family just like him (happily not at Christmas time). The film can be as destroying as one wants of Christmas fantasies and family attitudes towards sexuality. Like the main character, I too delayed the internal coming out as much as I could, and it only sorted out with difficulty and pain. The relationship father son mother is, to me, splendidly shown. I fell like myself being described in the triangle where the mother protects the son from the furies and frustrations of the father, who wants to transform the son in something he isn't, an idealized version of himself. In the film it's even worst: none of the sons become the father's desire, all have their own trajectories, more or less developed, but all authentical. I wouldn't describe this as a 'gay' film, even though the theme is largely discussed. It's much more than that. It's the microcosms of issues that form a family, and it not always simple solutions.

An epic drama of the story of a young man questioning his sexuality, growing up through the sixties and seventies in Quebec, born into a strictly catholic family of five brothers, each crazier than the last. C.R.A.Z.Y is a really affective film as it was one of the only films I've ever seen to make me really think about my own crazy existence and what life really means. Life is too love and to celebrate our indifferences. The outfits and nostalgic soundtrack are all exceedingly impressive, as are the performances and sequences set to music. Sometimes C.R.A.Z.Y is tongue-in-cheek, sometimes its heartbreaking and sometimes its surrealistic, however what can't be denied is this relatively unknown and genre-less epic is quite fantastic.

A deep film that should be seen by everyone: a family drama that makes you nostalgic for a past, that of the David Bowie's '60s / '70s, set in a region, Quebec, Catholic and traditionalist, which might be confused with any other European country. It is not just an lgbt film, it is a film that deals with the harsh relationship between a father who enormously loves his children, and a son who reciprocate this love refusing to accept his intimate real identity. The director, Jean-Marc Vallee, has managed to create a film that should make reflect: parents as well as children. It's a shame that this film is so little considered in Italy, at the point that it has been taken out of distribution: it should be relaunched and shown in schools for its educational value and the aesthetic value of the film itself, a masterpiece of Canadian independent cinema.

Without a doubt, this is the best Canadian film ever made. A large statement, yes. But, irrefutable. The father and oldest brother shine with impeccable acting skills. As does the mom; as does our conflicted protagonist.If you're willing to observe a North American family progressing through the 70s and 80s - look no further (despite the Quebecois setting - this story is universal).If you're looking for a historical social struggle of homosexuality in context - a struggle in conflict with ingrained religious dogma - then do proceed and watch this film. This narrative is a life lesson. All western folk who ever doubted the rights and motives of homosexuals - shall sit down and be educated. And heck - enjoy a tautly executed narrative at the same time.Moral message? Yes. Pure cinema? - no doubt.