Crash

Haggis writes with such directness and such a good ear for everyday speech that the characters seem real and plausible after only a few words. His cast is uniformly strong; the actors sidestep cliches and make their characters particular.Read Full Review »

Crash seems incredibly prescient, yet rather naive. The film is a stunning document of our alienated civilization, all the more compelling with its dolorous, almost liturgical tones.Read Full Review »

The stunning, must-see drama Crash is proof that words have not lost the ability to shock in our anesthetized society.Read Full Review »

This is the rare American film really about something, and almost all the performances are riveting.Read Full Review »

The acting is dynamite, notably by Dillon and Newton in their shocking second encounter. Despite its preachy moments, the film is a knockout.Read Full Review »

Cronenberg has made a movie that is pornographic in form, but not in result.Read Full Review »

Crash fools around with chronology in a Tarantinoesque way that brings its story full circle. You could argue that as events, and people, merge, Haggis' spiky screenplay (cowritten with Bobby Moresco) gets to be, quite simply, too much.Read Full Review »

Flaws are outweighed by Crash's intricate construction and intelligent.Read Full Review »

Life's an exhilarating and often dangerous ride, and its accidents can yield good and bad things. Anticipation of the bad keeps us watching Crash, to be sure, but so does hope of the good.Read Full Review »

Unfortunately, the running time is too short for us to get to know, or care about, the characters in a way that would make the film's themes strike a responsive chord.Read Full Review »