Crash is a great film.
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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Reviews for Crash
Disturbing film about the tendency of many modern people to eroticize danger.
In that re-identification of "otherness," he betrays his awe of humanity.
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.
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.
Wildly unwatchable, as if someone had made Andy Warhol's Frankenstein without being in on the joke.
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.
It's the cold survival logic of Darwin, where libertarians leave their past behind as if it were dead.
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.
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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