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Crash (1996)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:22

Rotten:12

Average Rating:6.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: This dark, moody, erotically-charged film examines the theme of sexual fetishes, and their impact on one's life. Philandering husband James Ballard has been seriously injured in a car crash. But... This dark, moody, erotically-charged film examines the theme of sexual fetishes, and their impact on one's life. Philandering husband James Ballard has been seriously injured in a car crash. But after bonding with Helen, the woman in the other vehicle, the two begin a sexual relationship. Their lives are further altered after meeting kinky hospital worker Vaughn. Vaughn runs a secret club that re-enacts (to the minutest details) famous car crashes, such as the one that killed James Dean. Lovemaking between the club members follows the re-creation. The combination of kinky sex and danger creates an unusual fetish for Vaughn, Helen, James, his wife, and others in their circle. And soon, the fetish leads to obsession for many involved... [More]

Starring: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Deborah Kara Unger, Rosanna Arquette

Starring: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Deborah Kara Unger, Rosanna Arquette, Elias Koteas, Peter MacNeill

Director: David Cronenberg

Director: David Cronenberg
Story: J. G. Ballard
Screenwriter: David Cronenberg
Producer: Andras Hamori, Chris Auty, Stephanie Reichel, Marilyn Stonehouse, Jeremy Thomas, Robert Lantos

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Crash is a great film.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Disturbing film about the tendency of many modern people to eroticize danger.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/26/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

In that re-identification of "otherness," he betrays his awe of humanity.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
03/09/03
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

[A] snoozer.

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01/01/00
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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All of the sex makes it look like porn, but no porn film has such strong thematic subtext. Then again, not that many films, period, provide such fascinating food for thought.

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01/01/00
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

It's about the human mind, about the way we grow enslaved by the particular things that turn us on, and forgive ourselves our trespasses.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Wildly unwatchable, as if someone had made Andy Warhol's Frankenstein without being in on the joke.

Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | comment Comment
02/09/06
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Crash is a mutant work of art -- a bracing splash of ice water.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/30/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

While it is brilliantly crafted on a technical level, Crash is completely devoid of any human emotion, which only serves to distance the viewer farther than he or she already is.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
09/11/02
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

It's the cold survival logic of Darwin, where libertarians leave their past behind as if it were dead.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
07/05/05
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
Slant Magazine

With Crash, David Cronenberg drives mainstream cinema over the edge.

Full Review Source: City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul | comment Comment
09/01/09
Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

To say this movie is sick is too facile. Let’s just say it’s perverse. Crash is a grotesque film filled with vacuous characters and a destitute theme.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
04/08/01
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

"Crash" probes how strange the mind is ...

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01/01/00
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Crash is a violently rare exception to the continually careful stride of film, and few films have been made with such a conviction to such inherently controversial material.

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11/05/02
Rumsey Taylor
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10/14/02
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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
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01/01/00
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01/10/03
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