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05/13/05
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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.
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
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Reviews for Crash
[H]olds up a mirror to reality that is so incisive and so harshly honest that, at moments, it sears right through you and jolts you with its wisdom.
05/13/05
I left the theater feeling like the victim of a hit-and-run civics lesson.
05/12/05
One indication that a movie is REALLY good is being unable to stop thinking about it.
05/12/05
This is a taut, thought-provoking thriller that demands to be seen on the big screen.
05/12/05
Too facile.
05/12/05
Top CriticI'd be much more inclined to completely accept the importance of Crash if it didn't have 'Oscar Bait' written all over it.
05/11/05
While strides have been made in this country’s race relations, Crash brings to the forefront the prejudices and stereotypes that often remain unspoken.
05/10/05
Paul Haggis has found a penchant for discomforting subjects.
05/10/05
It’s too bad that the movie induces eyeball-rolling almost as much as it does armrest-clutching.
05/10/05
Crash seems to have a lot of volume, but not really a lot to say.
05/10/05
Racism in LA is hardly a new subject ... but it's an issue well worth revisiting as it remains the ugly underbelly of American society
05/10/05
The appeal of the film comes from Haggis’ ability to reveal prejudices by forcing us to confront them on an inescapably human level.
05/09/05
Most racially themed movies want to act as a naive balm, but not this one.
05/09/05
it's hard to write a review when there is so much you want to hate about a movie, and yet it gives you so much to like.
05/09/05
A brilliantly executed series of interlocking stories about race and prejudice. The story constantly defies expectations as it follows its multifaceted characters.
05/09/05
Haggis is not quite yet gifted enough to pull it all together in Crash, but that doesn’t mean that he someday soon won’t be.
05/09/05
Manipulative and self-defeating, Crash resembles race-baiting PT Anderson fare or if Altman got stuck in the mid-80's.
05/08/05
Haggis is undoubtedly skilled at setting up effective melodramatic vignettes, even if they are hopelessly inorganic.
05/08/05
An episodic drama with a good ensemble cast that shows there's some good in the worst of us and some bad in the best of us, with some funny racial lines that lighten the load
05/08/05
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