Crazy Little Thing Called Love Review

A really simple story about high school that we can meet in anyone’s life. However, Puttipong Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn Wasin Pokpong , the director and also the writer can reveal the fact that high school never be that simple. The story wants to tell us about the power of love. A love is like backsword. It can change someone to be better, but it can also hurt persons deeply in their heart.

                The first scene shows the future when P’Shone with a baby. I think it’s a good opening to make us curious “who is that baby? ” And also there’s a line from Nam, “Every one of us has someone who is hidden in the bottom of our heart. And when we think of that person, we feel like there's always a little pain inside. But we still want to keep that person. Even though I don't know where he is today, what he is doing, I know that he is the one who taught me this. A crazy little thing called LOVE.” It’s a really honest words from a girl who falling in love which makes me understand how much her love to P’Shone.

            The ending is predictable, and the plot is also not so special. But, I must say that I don’t realize that P’Shone loved Nam from the start when she was still ugly. Thanks again to the director. He only focuses about Nam’s feeling and hide Shone’s feeling until the moment P’Shone opened his diary, which tells us about his true feeling towards Nam.

            Some scene maybe too irrational and excessive, like when P’Shone  jumped from the top of tree and give Nam a mango. I think it’s to make the story more cheerfull and not so depressing.

            Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul ( as a Khun Nam ) can take a role as a plain and expressive girl really good. She also can make us laugh and cry at the same time. Everything in '9 recipes of love' looked irrational, so it’s a little weird to saw Nam really did all of the things written in there, but I think it’s to tell how hard she tried to capture Shone’s heart. The most silly thing is that she tried everything, but she forgot the most important thing, to confessed her true feeling to Shone.

            Mario Maurer as P-shone, has a handsome face and oozing charism make a really perfect role as a lead character who can make every girl fall in love with him. In this story, he can show gentleness and kindness. He also a real badass when it related to someone he really loved. But the truth, he is also really shy to express his feeling to someone he loved.  He is also really funny, and plain like a little child. I think that complicated nature which make him really cute.

            Nam’s friend. Their act is so natural that make me sad when they sad, and make me smile when they have fun together. Although they are only side characters, they give a big impact to the story. They always supported Nam either in her love story or her life. They tell us about a true friendship through their simple act in this movie. Maybe their dialogs seem not important and don’t take the plot forward, but it is the friendship in our life, it makes us warmth in the inside.

            The soundtrack is really good, and heart-warming too, especially ‘Someday’ which played when Shone opened the diary. The song is about the real feeling of Shone, everything that he wanted to say to Nam, but he couldn’t. Every scene have their own soundtrack, sad scene, happy scene, and also a funny scene, which increases the feeling of that moment.

            Overall, A Crazy Little Thing Called Love is a really excellent Romantic Comedy movie, especially for a high schooler. The characterizations are really strong. There are a lot of humor, but I also get the feeling.  One thing that I hate is about an instability that Nam and Shone’s had. If they directly confessed their feeling toward each other, they would be together early.

Plot : B + ,  Character : B ,  Soundtrack: B+

Overall : B