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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
Director Paul Haggis
Genres Drama

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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 prejudices, tensions and hopes�and how tough, yet uplifting life in the �melting pot� that is Los Angeles, can be.

Starring Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Dashon Howard, Ludacris, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe
Director Paul Haggis
Studio PATHE DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 52 mins
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Genres Drama
Language English
Released DVD: 05 Dec 2005
Production year: 2005
Format DVD

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  • 418 out of 456 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    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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      • Posted 10 Aug 2005 23:57

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Perplexing

    What a perplexing film. When it first starts it feels like the dialogue is whacking you round the head every scene - 'RACISM IS BAD, WE ARE ALL RACIST, WHATEVER OUR RACE!' - patronising, annoying and so heavy handed it grates. If you can get over that and the fact that all anyone seems to talk about revolves around their own race issues, you start to get involved in quite an engaging film. I liked the way different storylines were woven together and the atmosphere of the film and there were some quite shocking moments, but overall I just can't decide what I thought of it. Watch it for yourself and decide.

      • Shevie from Cheshire
      • Posted 14 Mar 2007 17:14

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