Carlos stands by his girlfriend and even encourages her to have a heart-to-heart talk with her dad, which she does. By the film’s end, she realizes her life is “a mess” and desires meaningful change. Nicole, on the other hand, lives a life of self-indulgent privilege and boundless independence, which is shown to have devastating consequences. Carlos dreams big dreams for his career and employs a strong blue-collar ethic to meet those goals, never expecting success to be handed to him on a silver platter. Positive elements: By contrasting Nicole’s lifestyle with that of Carlos’, the filmmakers convey the basic need for personal responsibility, loving families, hard work, self control, chivalry, honesty and long-range planning. Or could it be true love? The question is, will Nicole drag Carlos into her bawdy world or will his love become the catalyst that straightens out her life? So when they catch each other’s eye on the beach (she’s stabbing trash, serving time for a DUI), it’s the genesis of a moral and cultural train wreck.

The promiscuous Nicole wears revealing outfits, and abuses drugs and alcohol. Carlos is reasonably modest and temperate. Nicole and her workaholic father barely talk (her mother committed suicide years earlier), and she and her young stepmom are downright hostile to each other. Carlos shares a loving, respectful relationship with his single mom. A Hispanic young man from the “other side of the tracks,” Carlos spends hours each day just riding the bus to attend the best high school possible for his academic future. In Crazy/Beautiful, Nicole, the self-destructive, party-hearty daughter of a California congressman meets Carlos, a well-grounded, ambitious jock with dreams of flying planes for the Navy.

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