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David Cronenberg's controversial drama examines the relationship between sex and danger. Adman James Ballard (James Spader) becomes sexually aroused by car crashes after colliding with fellow driver Dr Helen Remington (Holly Hunter). Through Helen, who shares his arousal, James meets Vaughan (Elias Koteas), who enjoys staging .. Read more

Starring	James Spader, Holly Hunter, Deborah Unger, Rosanna Arquette
Director	David Cronenberg
Genres	Drama, Thriller

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  Auto-Eroticism
  
  Briefly raising heckles on its release for its controversial depiction of car crashes, this collaboration between writer J. G. Ballard and cult director David ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Kiwiboy
  - London
  - 17 Sep 2004 at 12:49
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  Dull and dated
  
  I love controversial, erotic cinema and James Spader, but this film was so utterly dull, I actually fast-forwarded through it.
  
  Trying to shock (which... read more »
  
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- - roxblue8
  - 5 reviews
  - 14 Apr 2012 at 10:20
- - 0
  - 0
  avoid avoid avoid
  
  This film is awful, I do not know how ti got to be made in the first place. Also WTF happened to James Spader he simply plays soft erotic movies that are crap, ... read more »
  
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- 1110758
- - Colonel1968
  - 138 reviews
  - 13 Apr 2012 at 11:56
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  - 0
  Wierd film but just like a car crash, you can't avert your eyes from the screen
  
  This film is a collaboration between writer J. G. Ballard and cult director David Cronenberg and is more darkly comic than disturbing...about a group of people ... read more »
  
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- - twosoddingcats
  - 80 reviews
  - Kingston-upon-Thames
  - 26 Mar 2012 at 12:50
- - 0
  - 0
  Hedonism out of control.
  
  Surreal and disconcerting, there isn't any plot to get engrossed in, there no sense of narrative progression, instead the film feels like it ambles on ... read more »
  
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- - BabyFacedUK
  - 11 reviews
  - 05 Mar 2012 at 00:52
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  - 2
  Now I have to read the book again...
  
  I have to read the book again, to see if it's as good as I remember it being, or as bad as this film is. This is a po-faced, humourless, pretentious, dull, ... read more »
  
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- - DeathOfNarrativeCinema
  - 154 reviews
  - Wallingford
  - 28 Feb 2012 at 17:56
- - 2
  - 1
  shocking..ly boring
  
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  Oh god oh god why did I bother? Being a Ballard fan, I read the book a while back and found it stupid & boring. I should've known not to bother.
  <... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Tidymcshmidy
  - 8 reviews
  - wales
  - 26 Jan 2012 at 23:01
- - 0
  - 0
  Smash Bandicoot
  
  Really rather silly film with the bizarre concept of auto-erotica (meaning getting turned on by cars rather than oneself). In particular car crashes. With a ... read more »
  
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- - russio
  - 156 reviews
  - Harlow
  - 30 Dec 2011 at 21:46
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  - 4
  Don't watch if you value your time.
  
  I rented this on the strength that this film pushed boundaries on it's release in the 1990s, that the film would broaden my horizons - no. such. luck.read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 31 Aug 2011 at 01:18
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  Tits,bum,fanny the lot
  
  Certainly an odd film,with mumbling characters who share a morbid fascination with car crashes that becomes increasingly sexual and ostensibly violent as the ... read more »
  
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- - Turkle
  - 4 reviews
  - 06 Aug 2011 at 00:34
- - 0
  - 0
  Wildly odd a video nasty without the cliches
  
  By god this is perverse! I don't really get JG Ballard in a way that I understand any other form of 'entertainment'. It's so different that I&#... read more »
  
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- - RichPickings
  - 150 reviews
  - 'kin Bruges
  - 21 Jun 2011 at 23:11
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  Auto-Eroticism
  
  Briefly raising heckles on its release for its controversial depiction of car crashes, this collaboration between writer J. G. Ballard and cult director David ... read more »
  
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  - Kiwiboy
  - London
  - 17 Sep 2004 at 12:49
- - 10
  - 2
  Crashed and burned!
  
  I rented this film as I wanted to see what all the fuss was about and after watching it, I don't understand at all.
  
  James Spader plays a ... read more »
  
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- - Welshwaspy
  - 126 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Jan 2005 at 09:34
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  - 2
  Deliberately Obtuse
  
  Yes the film is cold and bleak but this is the whole point - Cronenburg does well to create a world that reflects the droning, monotonous nature of the world ... read more »
  
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- - simonlogan
  - 76 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 10 Apr 2005 at 09:55
- - 6
  - 0
  After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda, it's almost a relief to have found myself in-an actual accident
  
  Crash is a proper piece of cinema where the master of physical aberration horror, David Cronenberg, creates as dark dystopian nightmare of a world, where people... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Daniel Pollard
  - Monchestah, England
  - 15 Sep 2009 at 13:06
- - 5
  - 2
  Not a complete wreck
  
  Definitely an interesting film, and more than a little strange, exploring themes of feshitism and masochism. However, disappointment sets in when we look at the... read more »
  
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- - NickAxford
  - 33 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 02 Dec 2004 at 18:25
- - 3
  - 0
  Appalling
  
  I ordered this film because I like videodrome and naked lunch and assumed wrongly that this would be of a similar style. How wrong could i be, this film is ... read more »
  
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- - stonegate
  - 7 reviews
  - Bradford
  - 03 Jun 2007 at 15:34
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  Crash is a proper ...
  
  Crash is a proper piece of cinema where the master of physical aberration horror, David Cronenberg, creates as dark dystopian nightmare of a world, where people... read more »
  
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  - Daniel Pollard
  - Manchester, England
  - 15 Sep 2009 at 12:56
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  - 2
  Not that bad
  
  The world is a strange place as we all know and the characters in this film are certainly a bit different in their preferences. However, the director hardly ... read more »
  
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- - Michael McGhie
  - Bury, Lancashire.
  - 30 May 2004 at 17:35
- - 2
  - 0
  Fascinating But Not Sexy
  
  I rented this because I loved James Spader in 'Secretary,' one of the hottest films ever, and I wanted to see him in another erotic role. I'm really... read more »
  
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- - Allyson Fennell
  - Swindon, U.K. (formerly Connecticut, U.S.A.)
  - 23 Dec 2005 at 19:21
- - 2
  - 1
  shocking..ly boring
  
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  Oh god oh god why did I bother? Being a Ballard fan, I read the book a while back and found it stupid & boring. I should've known not to bother.
  <... read more »
  
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- 1085846
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Tidymcshmidy
  - 8 reviews
  - wales
  - 26 Jan 2012 at 23:01

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  David Cronenberg's controversial drama examines the relationship between sex and danger. Adman James Ballard (James Spader) becomes sexually aroused by car crashes after colliding with fellow driver Dr Helen Remington (Holly Hunter). Through Helen, who shares his arousal, James meets Vaughan (Elias ...