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"Crash" moves fast and relentlessly through its dense, snaky story, dropping bombshells and provocations along the way and doing it with style, purpose and often stunning virtuosity. The whipsaw structure — "Magnolia" meets "Pulp Fiction," with "21 Grams" and "Traffic" thrown in for social urgency — is an excellent device to distract you from the film's preachy histrionics about race relations but can't save it from the blubbering bathos into which it skids and, well, crashes. That's too bad, because "Crash" is a work of such plain accomplishment you wish it was better. Read the full review
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.
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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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. "
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."
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."
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