Drive Me Crazy

Drive Me Crazy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Schultz
Screenplay byRob Thomas
Based onHow I Created My Perfect Prom Date
by Todd Strasser
Produced byAmy Robinson
Starring
CinematographyKees Van Oostrum
Edited byJohn Pace
Music byGreg Kendall
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • October 1, 1999 (1999-10-01)
Running time
91 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8.5 million[1]
Box office$22.6 million[1]

Drive Me Crazy is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy film based on the novel How I Created My Perfect Prom Date by Todd Strasser. Originally entitled Next to You, the film's title was changed to Drive Me Crazy after one of the songs from its soundtrack, "(You Drive Me) Crazy" by Britney Spears. The film, despite mixed-to-negative reviews, with criticism aimed at its unoriginal plot, grossed $22.6 worldwide, against an $8 million budget, making it a moderate box office success.[2] The soundtrack featured The Donnas, who also appeared in the film.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Drive Me Crazy (1999)". Box Office Mojo. 2002-08-28. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  2. ^ "U.S. Box Office". Archived from the original on January 29, 2009.
  3. ^ "Girls to the Stage: 7 All-Female Punk Bands From the Bay Area". KQED. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 2020-08-17. with band members even appearing in the 1999 teen comedy Drive Me Crazy as their alter egos, the Electrocutes.