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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.
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:May 6, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $54,557,348
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... [More]
Starring: Thandie Newton, Matt Dillon, Don Cheadle, Michael Pena
Director: Paul Haggis
The problem with the movie is that it is so brash and transparent in its attempt to spotlight and expose every single conceivable racial divide and stereotype, it loses all credibility and can't be but gawked at.
Haggis and savvy editor Hughes Winborne manage to pull all of these threads together and weave an engaging look at the abhorrent state of racism ... in our major cities.
Uno está dispuesto a perdonarle todos sus facilismos porque, en términos cinematográficos, es un muy buen drama.
Tense, entertaining, and poignant- the film is a worthwhile watch. A high rate of coincidence robs it of some credibility. Yet, in some ways plays more as a myth, a parable.
It’s smart, therefore, that Haggis has written such novel, precisely observed, often unpleasant characters as the ones Bullock, Dillon, and Cheadle inhabit.
Top Criticwell-acted and well-directed, but also betrayed by its script
Presenting this year's middlebrow flog-pony.
The directing and editing are phenomenal, as are performances by the ensemble cast.
... everyone should see this movie.
I almost liked it, because of how the actors struggled, and sometimes succeeded, to rise above the domineering message and create real people.
Any relation to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
It's the sort of movie that makes people feel like they've heard an important statement without actually having said anything much.
White guilt run amok.
Enjoy the wonderful performances by a cast very committed to the cause.
A haunting, perceptive and uncompromising examination of controversial subject matter, expertly written and directed by Paul Haggis and characterised by excellent performances from its starry cast.
An engaging, provocative and thought-provoking drama with an intelligent script and terrific performances from its ensemble cast
An already over-eventful narrative -- what, another crash? -- teeters into melodramatic implausibility.
Few films are as daring. Few films this year are as deserving of your attention.
Compelling, brilliant, gripping, funny, constantly surprising - this is everything cinema should be. Go see, go see.
As successful as Haggis is, the movie is still flawed. Worst of all, it is very contrived.
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A film teeming with solemn recognition of the nasty complexities of living in a multicultural society, and much of what remains unspoken racially in America being neatly shoved under a complacent rug. 
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October 25, 2007:
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