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Crash
2005
Crash is a powerful, moving and provocative drama following the intersecting lives of a diverse group of people in Los Angeles. Using a sophisticated, layered structure to tell the stories of a multi-racial group of characters as their lives inter-connect through a sequence of events around a car accident, we see their .. Read more
| Starring | Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito |
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| Director | Paul Haggis |
| Run time | 112 mins |
| Genres | Drama |
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The melting pot is boiling over in this overheated drama from the screenwriter of Million Dollar Baby, Paul Haggis. Probably the most racially charged mainstream movie since Do the... read more »
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408 out of 446 people found this review helpful
A must see.............
It's hard to describe Crash without it sounding earnest. But while this provocative drama tackles racism, class and looking beyond appearances, it's anything but worthy or dull. Following several lives as they, yes, crash together during one day in LA, it's fuelled by powerhouse performances from an outstanding cast. Sandra Bullock is startling as a bitchy housewife, Don Cheadle brings beaten-down grace to the role of a weary detective and, as a racist cop, Matt Dillon's steely presence holds everything together.
Some critics have criticised Crash for its reliance on coincidence. Which, given it's a deliberately structured modern parable, is a bit like damning War Of The Worlds for having aliens. Writer/director Paul Haggis (who scripted Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winner Million Dollar Baby) sets out to address difficult issues: why middle-class whites are afraid of working-class blacks, why being racist doesn't necessarily mean being inhuman, and how politics confuses the truth ('What are you, the ****ing defender of all things white?' yells William Fichtner's scheming internal affairs officer at Cheadle).
'FEW FILMS ARE AS DARING'
It perhaps isn't as accomplished Magnolia (a great film, which revels in its absurdity) or Short Cuts (another LA story dominated by a twisted cop). But Crash's problems (a self-important score and overwrought finale) pale next to its emotional impact. Few films feature scenes as powerful as the contrasting car clashes between Dillon and Thandie Newton (both moments heart-in-mouth horrifying in different ways ). Few films are as daring. Few films this year are as deserving of your attention. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
More like 3.5 stars
Has the feel of Magnolia about it but not quite as well executed. Still it held my attention right to the end. Nice change from the usual hollywood rubbish.
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Newton to teach acting in South Africa
- 15 Jun 2009
Thandie Newton is to put her acting skills to good use - passing on her talent to children in the slums of South Africa. The Crash star is to teach acting at Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy, a boarding school for girls growing up in poverty in the country. Newton says, "I am really looking forward to it as it's such a great scheme and it's nice to give something back." The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls opened in January 2007 after the country's former president, Nelson Mandela, Read more
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