Crash | AccessAtlanta

'Crash': A new, distinctive, welcome voice
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

The collisions in "Crash" aren't always a matter of metal and glass. People collide as well in this literate, engrossing and occasionally funny look at race relations in Los Angeles. The news isn't good. People are too isolated in L.A.'s car culture, notes police detective Graham Waters (Don Cheadle, marvelous as usual). They're locked away in their automobiles. "Nobody touches you," he says. "We miss that touch so much we crash into someone just to feel something." Read the full review

TO SUM UP
A car accident brings together a group of strangers in Los Angeles: A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband, a Persian store owner, two car-jackers, a rookie cop, an African-American televison director and his wife, a Mexican locksmith, a middle-aged Korean couple and two police detectives who are also lovers.

FILM FACTS ...

Lions Gate Films

'Crash'

Director: Paul Haggis
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Tony Danza, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Ludacris, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Dashon Howard
Run time: 113 minutes
Release date: May 6, 2005
Rating: R for language, sexual content and some violence.
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READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B+
"Making his directorial debut, writer Paul Haggis masterfully crafts a picture that's both grave and amusing as it examines the many faces of racial hate in L.A. — and, by extension, the rest of the country. "

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Austin American-Statesman: 2 of 5 stars
"Crash wants to be opera, but the transparency of its pushy demagoguery nudges it closer to risible 'After School Special' terrain. While its superior craftsmanship keeps it consistently involving, the film seeks profundities it cannot grasp."

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The Palm Beach Post: A
"While Haggis' script is Crash's chief asset, he shows his directorial skill in orchestrating a flawless set of performances."