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| Value for Money | 8.7/10  |
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| Reviewer Rating | 9/10 |
| Overall Rating | 7.9/10  |
Read and write reviews of Crash which is set to be one of the biggest movies of 2005. The film follows the story of a collection of lost soles in L.A whose lives are brought together in the aftermath of a car crash. The interweaving stories are followed over 2 days and features an all star line-up including Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Thandie Newton, Brendan Fraser, Ryan Phillipe and many others. If you have seen this film then why not write a review to help other users.
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Full review by
degbert
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on 28th Jan 2008
User Rating : 9
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Good Points: Excellent throughout; thought-provoking, uncompromising, high-tempo, disturbing, well-acted, well-told.
Bad Points: Personally I'd have chosen someone else other than Bullock but she delivers perfectly well.
General comments: Haggis' big screen debut rightly earnt this an Oscar, as it attempts to cover ground largely avoided by tinseltown, namely that of systemic racism in LA (read American) life. Covering a variety of professions and attitudes as well as a diversity of ethnic representations, this was a bold venture that is brilliantly brought to life thanks to a number of key attributes.
First, Haggis' breathtaking dialogue and clever plot work make this set of interwoven stories link with real panache. How the story unfolds is anything but predictable, and how pretty much each of the significant characters (and you'd argue that there are 7 or 8 very strong characters here) develops plausibly and interestingly along the film's journey.
Added to which is the calibre of acting talent on show, which I think is the ingredient that moves this up a notch from a fine film to an astounding one. I profess to finding the portrayal of their characters by Don Cheadle and Matt Dillon to be among their finest work, but elsewhere in a fine cast there are truly memorable performances, Haggis somehow contrives to allow each character to shine with only a limited overall percentage of screentime.
The third element is the directorship itself which somehow allows a bleak mood to descend at the right moments, depicting or perhaps even representing the smog-infested lives of those being portrayed. Some nicely shot scenes and good use of pace perhaps slightly influenced by Tarrantino (my guess).
Finally, and this is the clincher for me, is the fact that the script and the overall storyline allows me, the viewer, to make up my mind about this. I'm the one who is asked to think, to judge, to debate; I'm not being told how to feel by anyone, nor is the outcome sugar-coated to make me feel good.
This is a gritty, dark, brilliantly-conceived and fantastically-constructed piece of work; it portrays a dark corner of humanity that the art world does not traditionally handle very well, and it does it in a robust, thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining way.
Whatever awards or plaudits this film received, they were richly deserved.
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Review by
cnogueira
on 10th Jan 2008
User Rating : 9
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Crash is a film you don't want to miss. It makes you think about the society you live in and the twisted and prejudiced mentality of some people that belong to it.
cnogueira's full review | 76 words
Review by
dblock
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on 29th Mar 2007
User Rating : 10
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Crash was the Oscar winning film of 2005.
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Karina Arroyave ... Elizabeth
Dato Bakhtadze ... Lucien
Sandra Bullock ... Jean Cabot
Don Cheadle ... Det. Graham Waters
Art Chudabala ... Ken Ho
Sean Cory ... Motorcycle Cop
Tony Danza ... Fred
Keith David ... Lt. Dixon
Loretta Devine ... Shaniqua Johnson
Matt Dillon ... Officer John Ryan
The film essentially deals with an uncomfortable subject, racism and tackles head on with many interweaving storylines which end up comin ...
dblock's full review | 414 words
Review by
StephD
on 9th Feb 2006
User Rating : 9
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I didn't know what to expect from Crash so I was fairly open minded when I watched it. I was really pleasantly suprised, the message is clear but not rammed down your throat like in other films. There are lots of famous faces in it that only have bit parts, but the acting was superb. A really good film, that I would consider getting on DVD.
StephD's full review | 80 words
Review by
Hank
on 23rd Aug 2005
User Rating : 10
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I had the privilege of watching Crash a few nights ago and I'm glad to report that this is a truly wonderful film.
This is a classic ensemble piece which focuses on a set of L.A. citizens whose lives interweave over a 48 hour period.
The film is at times disturbing as well as being moving as it examines race relations in Los Angeles. The film doesn't shy away from examining bigotry and stereotyping however the race issues that are examined are really a backdrop for a collection of fantast ...
Hank's full review | 316 words | 2 comments added.
Review by
Timix1
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on 8th Aug 2005
User Rating : 7
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+3
Not to be confused with David Cronenberg's disturbing/hilarious 1996 movie of the same name, Crash features fellow Canadian writer/director (and Due South creator) Paul Haggis's big-screen debut. Reportedly inspired by a carjacking at gunpoint in the early 1990's, Haggis has used that experience to craft a gripping urban drama set in Los Angeles that deals with the complexities of race and prejudice in a post 9/11 America. Looking similar in structure to the likes of SHORT CUTS and MAGNOLIA, t ...
Timix1's full review | 486 words | 2 comments added.
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