An absolutely riveting, highly charged drama, Crash is an important motion picture that demands viewing in high schools across the country.
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.
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
Reviews for Crash
Like that nerve-rattling collision of metal and glass, Crash will leave its audiences jarred awake, feeling bruised.
The straddling of styles [realism vs. fable] weakens, but doesn't destroy a strong film.
A gorgeous mosaic of a movie that is actually about our fears of each other, set in the bright light of Los Angeles and the dark places in our hearts.
Dark, fluid thriller seasoned with acerbic dialogue and rueful observations that may strike uncomfortably close to home.
Although Haggis' sharp, surprisingly witty script admits there are no easy answers, it holds out hope that it's possible to change hateful behavior.
An intricate, explosive ensemble crime drama set in a modern urban pressure-cooker of racial and class hatreds.
People collide as well in this literate, engrossing and occasionally funny look at race relations in Los Angeles.
Not just one of the best Hollywood movies about race, but, along with Collateral, one of the finest portrayals of contemporary Los Angeles life period.
The film may be a trifle shallow in its treatment on its important topic, but it has an energy that carries you breathlessly along to a powerful conclusion.
Its large and talented cast chews up the scenery, packing every sentence with some racial insult.
...has the kind of broad appeal that can draw large audiences and the kind of lingering emotional potency that can lead to serious soul-searching.
Despite its preachy moments, the film is a knockout. In a multiplex starved for ambition, why kick a film with an excess of it?
Haggis knows how to grab the viewer's attention, via intense confrontations as well as by planting dramatic seeds that bear fruit in, more often than not, grimly unexpected ways.
The stunning, must-see drama Crash is proof that words have not lost the ability to shock in our anesthetized society.
Though it lacks Magnolia's messy greatness, you won't hear more fiendishly articulate dialogue on-screen any time soon.
Discomfiting is the only way to describe this smart, edgy drama rubbed raw by its own narrative anger.
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