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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Surprisingly averted. If anything, Nicole's father asks Carlos to stay away from his daughter out of concern that she'll bring ''him'' down (as he has ambitions for the Naval Academy and she's been a troublemaker for quite some time.)

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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Surprisingly averted. A surprising inversion. If anything, Nicole's father likes Carlos, offering to sponsor him for the Naval Academy, and asks Carlos to stay away from his daughter out of concern that she'll bring ''him'' down (as he has ambitions for the Naval Academy and she's been a troublemaker for quite some time.)
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''Crazy/Beautiful'' is a 2001 romantic drama film directed by John Stockwell, starring Creator/KirstenDunst and Creator/JayHernandez.

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''Crazy/Beautiful'' is a 2001 romantic drama film directed by John Stockwell, Creator/JohnStockwell, starring Creator/KirstenDunst and Creator/JayHernandez.
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* BareYourMidriff: Nicole almost always wears clothing revealing this.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Previously, Kirsten Dunst had been cast in sunny roles in teen comedies (''Film/BringItOn'', ''Film/DropDeadGorgeous'', ''Film/{{Dick}}'', ''Film/GetOverIt''). In this role, she plays a troubled character (with short hair).
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* AcademicAthlete: Carlos is a star football player and achieving student.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Surprisingly averted. If anything, Nicole's father asks Carlos to stay away from his daughter because out of concern that she'll bring ''him'' down (as he had ambitions for the Air Force and she's been a troublemaker for quite some time.)

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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Surprisingly averted. If anything, Nicole's father asks Carlos to stay away from his daughter because out of concern that she'll bring ''him'' down (as he had has ambitions for the Air Force Naval Academy and she's been a troublemaker for quite some time.)
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* StarCrossedLovers: Not only are Carlos and Nicole an interracial couple, but they respectfully come from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Nicole is a wild child from a wealthy family with a U.S. Congressman as a father. Carlos is a studious Mexican-American who has ambitions to attend the U.S. Naval Academy and become a pilot.

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* StarCrossedLovers: Not only are Carlos and Nicole an interracial couple, but they respectfully respectively come from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Nicole is a wild child from a wealthy family with a U.S. Congressman as a father. Carlos is a studious Mexican-American who has ambitions to attend the U.S. Naval Academy and become a pilot.

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* AgainstType: Previously, Kirsten Dunst had been cast in sunny roles in teen comedies (''Film/BringItOn'', ''Film/GetOverIt''). In this role, she plays a troubled character (with short hair).


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* PlayingAgainstType: Previously, Kirsten Dunst had been cast in sunny roles in teen comedies (''Film/BringItOn'', ''Film/DropDeadGorgeous'', ''Film/{{Dick}}'', ''Film/GetOverIt''). In this role, she plays a troubled character (with short hair).

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* AgainstType: Previously, Kirsten Dunst had been cast in sunny roles in teen comedies (''Film/BringItOn'', ''Film/GetOverIt''). In this role, she plays a troubled character (with short hair).



* SpoiledBrat: Carlos calls Nicole out on her privilege when a stunt she pulls gets him put in detention.
--> '''Carlos''': I’m bused two hours both ways. If I wanted to screw up, I'd do it in my own school and get a lot more sleep.



* SpoiledBrat: Carlos calls Nicole out on her privilege when a stunt she pulls get him put in detention.
--> '''Carlos''': I’m bused two hours both ways. If I wanted to screw up, I'd do it in my own school and get a lot more sleep.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Gender inverted, as Carlos is the "good" boy here and Nicole is the "bad one".



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Nicole has this: her mother committed suicide when she was just twelve and she's had problems ever since.

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* CultureClash: Nicole attends a party being thrown by Carlos’s family. As she is the only white girl there, she feels awkwardly [[FishOutOfWater out of place]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Nicole has this: her mother committed suicide when she was just twelve and she's had problems ever since.twelve, a traumatic incident that is the source of her self-destructive behavior.



* DisappearedDad: Carlos’s father.



* StarCrossedLovers: Nicole and Carlos.

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* HandsOffParenting: As Nicole's father sees her as a lost cause and her stepmother is oblivious to her, Nicole is given a lot of leeway in her family's home. In one scene, she nonchalantly walks half-naked into the kitchen, in full view of the housekeeper, and retrieves a condom from a cabinet before casually going to her bedroom where her boyfriend is.
* JealousRomanticWitness: Nicole sees a Latina girl flirting with Carlos at the party.
* MakeOutKids: Nicole and Carlos get caught doing this in the school’s photography lab.
* MeetCute: The couple meets on a beach, where Carlos is hanging out with friends and Nicole is doing court-ordered trash collection as part of her DUI sentence.
* OppositesAttract: Carlos is an ambitious student and football star from East L.A. Nicole is a free-spirited and rebellious white girl from Malibu.
* ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime / MomentKiller: Averted and [[PlayedForLaughs played for laughs]]. Nicole and a shirtless Carlos are in her bedroom, about to have sex, when Nicole’s dad appears outside the window wandering by the pool. Carlos freaks out, but her father doesn’t actually see them. Nicole humors him and says that her dad wouldn’t actually care regardless. The mood is ruined though, so they save their rendezvous for another time.
* RebelliousSpirit: Nicole.
* StarCrossedLovers: Not only are Carlos and Nicole an interracial couple, but they respectfully come from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Nicole is a wild child from a wealthy family with a U.S. Congressman as a father. Carlos is a studious Mexican-American who has ambitions to attend the U.S. Naval Academy and Carlos.become a pilot.
* SpoiledBrat: Carlos calls Nicole out on her privilege when a stunt she pulls get him put in detention.
--> '''Carlos''': I’m bused two hours both ways. If I wanted to screw up, I'd do it in my own school and get a lot more sleep.
* TheyWereHoldingYouBack: Carlos’s mother fears Nicole is a bad influence on her son.


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* WildTeenParty: After the breakup, Nicole goes to one of these to [[DrowningMySorrows drown her sorrows]].
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''Crazy/Beautiful'' is a 2001 romantic drama film starring Creator/KirstenDunst as Nicole and Creator/JayHernandez as Carlos. It is largely set at Palisades Charter High School and the surrounding area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Malibu (where Dunst's character lives), and East Los Angeles (where Hernandez's character lives).

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''Crazy/Beautiful'' is a 2001 romantic drama film directed by John Stockwell, starring Creator/KirstenDunst as and Creator/JayHernandez.

The story centers around the romance of
Nicole Oakley (Dunst), the troubled daughter of a U.S. Congressman (Creator/BruceDavison), and Creator/JayHernandez as Carlos. Carlos Nuñez (Hernandez), a studious Mexican American from a working-class background. It is largely set at Palisades Charter High School and the surrounding area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Malibu (where Dunst's character Nicole lives), and East Los Angeles (where Hernandez's character lives).Carlos lives).
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''Crazy/Beautiful'' is a 2001 romantic drama film starring Kirsten Dunst as Nicole and Jay Hernandez as Carlos. It is largely set at Palisades Charter High School and the surrounding area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Malibu (where Dunst's character lives), and East Los Angeles (where Hernandez's character lives).

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''Crazy/Beautiful'' is a 2001 romantic drama film starring Kirsten Dunst Creator/KirstenDunst as Nicole and Jay Hernandez Creator/JayHernandez as Carlos. It is largely set at Palisades Charter High School and the surrounding area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Malibu (where Dunst's character lives), and East Los Angeles (where Hernandez's character lives).
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Crazy/Beautiful is a 2001 romantic drama film starring Kirsten Dunst as Nicole and Jay Hernandez as Carlos. It is largely set at Palisades Charter High School and the surrounding area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Malibu (where Dunst's character lives), and East Los Angeles (where Hernandez's character lives).

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Crazy/Beautiful ''Crazy/Beautiful'' is a 2001 romantic drama film starring Kirsten Dunst as Nicole and Jay Hernandez as Carlos. It is largely set at Palisades Charter High School and the surrounding area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Malibu (where Dunst's character lives), and East Los Angeles (where Hernandez's character lives).
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* WickedStepmother: Played with; while Nicole's stepmother isn't too affectionate with her and prefers her baby to her, it can also be looked at as her being simply exasperated by all the trouble she's gotten into.

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* WickedStepmother: Played with; while Nicole's stepmother isn't too affectionate with her and prefers her baby to her, it can also be looked at as her being simply exasperated by all the trouble she's gotten into.into.
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Crazy/Beautiful is a 2001 romantic drama film starring Kirsten Dunst as Nichole and Jay Hernandez as Carlos. It is largely set at Palisades Charter High School and the surrounding area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Malibu (where Dunst's character lives), and East Los Angeles (where Hernandez's character lives).

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Crazy/Beautiful is a 2001 romantic drama film starring Kirsten Dunst as Nichole Nicole and Jay Hernandez as Carlos. It is largely set at Palisades Charter High School and the surrounding area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Malibu (where Dunst's character lives), and East Los Angeles (where Hernandez's character lives).



* BareYourMidriff: Nicole
* StarCrossedLovers: Nicole and Carlos

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* BareYourMidriff: Nicole
Nicole almost always wears clothing revealing this.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Nicole has this: her mother committed suicide when she was just twelve and she's had problems ever since.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Surprisingly averted. If anything, Nicole's father asks Carlos to stay away from his daughter because out of concern that she'll bring ''him'' down (as he had ambitions for the Air Force and she's been a troublemaker for quite some time.)
* FallingInLoveMontage: A pretty memorable and sweet one, set to Music/DavidGray's "This Year's Love".
* StarCrossedLovers: Nicole and CarlosCarlos.
* WickedStepmother: Played with; while Nicole's stepmother isn't too affectionate with her and prefers her baby to her, it can also be looked at as her being simply exasperated by all the trouble she's gotten into.
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Crazy/Beautiful is a 2001 romantic drama film starring Kirsten Dunst as Nichole and Jay Hernandez as Carlos. It is largely set at Palisades Charter High School and the surrounding area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Malibu (where Dunst's character lives), and East Los Angeles (where Hernandez's character lives).

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Crazy/Beautiful is a 2001 romantic drama film starring Kirsten Dunst as Nichole and Jay Hernandez as Carlos. It is largely set at Palisades Charter High School and the surrounding area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Malibu (where Dunst's character lives), and East Los Angeles (where Hernandez's character lives).lives).
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!!The following tropes are found in this film:
*BareYourMidriff: Nicole
*StarCrossedLovers: Nicole and Carlos
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Crazy/Beautiful is a 2001 romantic drama film starring Kirsten Dunst as Nichole and Jay Hernandez as Carlos. It is largely set at Palisades Charter High School and the surrounding area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Malibu (where Dunst's character lives), and East Los Angeles (where Hernandez's character lives).

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