Start a free trial Thousands of TV series and movies to watch instantly. Already a member?

Enter PIN

Please enter your 4 digit PIN

x

Changing Lanes Details

2002 Certificate 15
  • 60
  • from 11,206 members

Two cars collide on the FDR expressway. Their drivers--two seemingly opposite men--are Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), a young white partner in a powerful law firm, and Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson), a meek working class black man. At the scene of this fender bender Gavin, who is busy trying to make a business appointment on his .. Read more

Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck, Sydney Pollack, Toni Collette
Director Roger Michell
Genres Thriller

Sign up Changing Lanes DVD

loading loading...

Changing Lanes cover art

Changing Lanes

Two cars collide on the FDR expressway. Their drivers--two seemingly opposite men--are Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), a young white partner in a powerful law firm, and Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson), a meek working class black man. At the scene of this fender bender Gavin, who is busy trying to make a business appointment on his cell phone, offers Doyle a blank check to cover damages. Doyle, wanting to properly exchange information, declines, causing Gavin to flee the accident site. In his haste, Gavin leaves behind an important legal file that Doyle uses to his advantage, setting off a brutal cycle of revenge between these two men who began this Good Friday as strangers.
A class commentary that is decidedly different from director Roger Michell's previous film, NOTTING HILL, CHANGING LANES provides very little information about its two central characters before the moment of their car accident. Michell introduces them by crosscutting between both men speaking publicly--Gavin is lecturing to a charitable foundation, Doyle is talking at an AA meeting. These techniques of crosscutting and mirror imaging are used effectively throughout the film to underscore that the obvious social and economic differences between the two men doesn't disguise the dark and angry nature that exists in both of these men, and potentially in all of humanity.

Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck, Sydney Pollack, Toni Collette, Amanda Peet, William Hurt, Richard Jenkins, Dylan Baker, Bradley Cooper, Jennie Dundas
Director Roger Michell
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 35 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Thriller
Language DVD: English
Dubbed Czech, German
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Turkish, Romanian, Swedish
Released Production year: 2002

To Rent:
DVD: 02 Jun 2003

Like it What's this?

Write a review

Rating breakdown

11,206 Member ratings
  • 100
411
  • 90
610
  • 80
1,403
  • 70
2,002
  • 60
2,793
  • 50
1,637
  • 40
1,152
  • 30
659
  • 20
367
  • 10
172

Related user collection

Films to see (298)


Average rating: 3.94   78.8% from 8 members

Showing 1 to 3 of 298

View all

loading

by: A customer from Belfast, Dundonald

Buy from Amazon.co.uk

    • Changing Lanes

    • Changing Lanes
      Two cars collide on the FDR expressway. Their drivers--two seemingly opposite men--are Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), a young white partner in a powerful law firm, and Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson), a meek working class black man. At the scene of this fender bender Gavin, who is busy trying to make ...

Want to watch something right now?

Start your FREE trial now

LOVEFiLM - An Amazon company

Follow LOVEFiLM on

Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | EULA | Affiliates | Jobs | Inside LOVEFiLM Blog | About Us | Contact Us

International sites UK DK DE SE NO

LOVEFiLM, the LOVEFiLM logo and all other LOVEFiLM product or service names are trade marks of LOVEFiLM International Ltd. or its affiliates.

© 2012 LOVEFiLM UK Ltd. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.