Crash Reviews

The contrivances of first-time director Paul Haggis's script ultimately hurt the film but this Crash is still worth a curious drive-by look.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

The L.A. of Crash is a distorted scale model of the city that [writer-director Paul] Haggis treats as if it were the city itself.

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A truly brilliant piece of cinema.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10

The script is filled with clever plot turns and riveting dialogue you would only expect from guys like Tarantino and Mamet.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

It's apt that Haggis' most recent cinematic effort concentrated on boxing; he is just as eager to pound us over the head in Crash.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Some may find the film too melodramatic, but the core topic demands attention.

Full Review | Original Score: A

The film is eager to boil blood and encourage discussion, which it should do, yet never loses sight of its overall obligation to entertain.

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[Tackles] everyone's least favorite unsavory subject: racism. And, thank its ambitious heart, Crash covers it from as many angles and through as many levels as possible

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10

The film packs a reflective emotional wallop in spite of its contrived coincidences.

Full Review | Original Score: A

'Crash' was as smart as it was good - and that's saying something.

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Incendiary writing - the epithets make you squirm in post-PC nervousness in your seat, or make you hear yourself (or your friends, enemies) in the mouths of these actors.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

... One of the best and most important films of 2005.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

Le plus gros problème de Crash, est de ne pas avoir réussi à dire grand chose, malgré en avoir montré beaucoup.

| Original Score: B

A masterful morality tale with a lot of guts.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

For a movie that aches to be thought-provoking, Crash is ultimately too simplistic to linger on in the memory.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

a finely acted and directed story that lays bares in so many ways how race informs our everyday experiences, whether we want it to or not

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

After mugging us with racial disintegration, Haggis attempts an infusion of hope.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

This will have staying power.

Full Review | Original Score: A

Believe it or not, this is a lot like "Pooh's Heffalump Movie." It's just that the demographic age of the audience is vastly different.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

[Has a] spirited and talented ensemble cast, which Haggis directs with sensitivity.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4