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Crash (2005)

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Reviews Counted:194

Fresh:146

Rotten:48

Average Rating:7.1/10

Consensus: A raw and unsettling morality piece on modern angst and urban disconnect, Crash examines the dangers of bigotry and xenophobia in the lives of interconnected Angelenos.

Rated: 15

Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:12-08-2005

Synopsis: A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian store owner. Two police detectives who are also lovers. A black television director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two car-jackers. A rookie... A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian store owner. Two police detectives who are also lovers. A black television director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two car-jackers. A rookie cop. A middle-aged Korean couple… They all live in Los Angeles. And in the next 36 hours, they will all collide… A provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial conflict in America, CRASH is that rare cinematic event - a film that challenges audiences to question their own prejudices. Diving headlong into the diverse melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles, this compelling urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic cast, examining fear and bigotry from multiple perspectives as characters careen in and out of one another's lives. No one is safe in the battle zones of racial strife. And no one is immune to the simmering rage that sparks violence - and changes lives... Funny, powerful, and always unpredictable, CRASH boldly explores the gray area between black and white, victim and aggressor…and finds no easy solutions. The dynamic feature directing debut of Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Paul Haggis, CRASH stars Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe and Larenz Tate, from a story by Paul Haggis and a screenplay by Haggis and Bobby Moresco. CRASH is produced by Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle, Bob Yari, Mark R. Harris, Bobby Moresco and Paul Haggis. [More]

Starring: Thandie Newton, Matt Dillon, Don Cheadle, Michael Pena

Starring: Thandie Newton, Matt Dillon, Don Cheadle, Michael Pena, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Larenz Tate, Ludacris, Ryan Phillippe, Terrence DaShon Howard, Shaun Toub

Director: Paul Haggis

Director: Paul Haggis
Screenwriter: Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco
Producer: Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle, Bob Yari
Composer: Mark Isham
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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Full of well-observed supporting riffs, Crash might've accumulated more frisson had it cast a clearer eye on how social tension actually plays.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
05/03/05
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice

Crash's strength is that it deals intelligently with serious subjects.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
05/03/05
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Almost the entire movie consists of actors screaming at each other in Oscar-bait annoyance.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
05/02/05
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

...a gritty examination of misplaced tension and despair wrapped up in its makeshift boiling point...percolates with the right kind of toxic manipulation and complexity

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
05/02/05
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

Crash is masterful film making...

Full Review Source: Blunt Review | comment Comment
05/02/05
Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt
Blunt Review

Easily the year's best: taut, credible, exciting drama of police corruption and more.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
04/30/05
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/30/05
Boston Phoenix

What happens between the film's opening and closing car accidents more closely resembles a train wreck.

Full Review Source: Flipside Movie Emporium | comment Comment
04/29/05
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Flipside Movie Emporium

A promising but ultimately disappointing drama about California angst.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
04/29/05
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine

A crash course in unmasking the racial and class divisions in American society that make every stranger into a potential enemy.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
04/28/05
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Crash is hyper-articulate and often breathtakingly intelligent and always brazenly alive. I think it’s easily the strongest American film since Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River, though it is not for the fainthearted.

Full Review Source: New Yorker | comment Comment
04/25/05
David Denby
David Denby
New Yorker

I think this is the kind of film that starts arguments and stimulates passionate discussion about topics that still make most of us cringe.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
04/25/05
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper

Too bad that the often disturbingCrash, which takes a healthily provocative look at the complexities of contempo interracial relations, is such a flawed film

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
04/13/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

...surprisingly funny and touching...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
10/02/04
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Haggis turns the screws on a nation’s anxieties and helps light the way of personal responsibility through conversation and, if need be, a little divine intervention

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/22/04
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com
 
 
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