Crash (DVD) Reviews

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Crash caused a huge raucous at the 2006 Academy Awards when it won the Best Picture Oscar in favour of the expected victor, Brokeback Mountain, causing even the announcer, Jack Nicholson, to reel in surprise. Despite many claiming Mountain should have won, Crash is, in my ...  Read the complete review

I remember going to see this film at the cinema. I went along with a few friends and knew nothing about the film so had no idea of what to expect. Needless to say, I was very impressed. Have been meaning to get round to reviewing this for ages, so now am going to get on with it al last! Crash came out back in 2004. It was an instant ...  Read the complete review

Having put off wathcing this film for a while now because of the heavy subject matter, I took the plunge and watched it last night. First off I will say that I thought this was an outstanding film. Set in L.A. the film follows the experiences of people of various ethnicities and their experiences within one day in L.A. All of the ...  Read the complete review

Crash is a 2004 film directed by Paul Haggis, it's a drama starring many big names, it's a film based on the steritypical rasicism and social tension in Los Angeles, the film follows the lives on 10+ people and their views on social and racial charcaters throughout the film, the hypocrisy of racism and how their lives connect with each other. The ...  Read the complete review

Crash is a hard film to review, having been nominated for gargantuan amount of awards and having received a fair number of which, it is daunting even to approach. More often than not I hear this film being criticised for its hollow messages and sanctimonious overtones. Sadly I myself don't know anyone who likes it, but then, I watched it... ...  Read the complete review

Crash is an American/ German drama released in 2005. It was inspired by a real life experience by co writer, producer and director, Paul Haggis. The film is rated 15 due to strong language and moderate violence. Crash has 2 versions and the theatrical version runs for 112 minutes and the director's cut for 115. Crash only had a budget ...  Read the complete review

Not enough can be said about how good this film. Ensemble movies very much became the trend in the nineties and naughties and unfortunately many proved dissapointing despite the talent on display. Fortunately Crash is not one of them. There are many stories interwonen during the course of the movie, set in LA. These include stories ...  Read the complete review

Crash was only released four years ago now. It is predominately a drama and set in Los Angeles. The plot is very original in the way Paul Haggis has gone about it. I'm a firm believer that the writer also being the director is a huge advantage for the movie. The lives of several characters are observed for a short period of time, with ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: Several different stories are interwoven with a common theme of racism and bigotry in this Oscar winning drama that challenges the prejudices we grow up with. Starring Sandra Bullock and Don Cheadle, the film is a very thought provoking examination of the modern psyche. IS IT ANY GOOD: This is a film that I ...  Read the complete review

"It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A. nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something" Crash is the story of a number of people who ...  Read the complete review

Crash (2005) is a film about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles. Directed by Paul Harris (writer of Million Dollar Baby, Quantum of Solace, In the Valley of Elah) this film is a worthy winner of 3 Oscars - Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. The film itself is a jigsaw of intertwined mini-stories that ...  Read the complete review

"Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other". Crash is one of those rare films that when the end credits arrive you are speechless. Full of a whole host of Hollywood actors, Crash does not fail to live up to its hype. For me the best performance was from Matt Dillon who plays an LA cop. I had only seen him ...  Read the complete review

Imagine living in a place so congested with people who are so self-concerned with their own pretensions and desires that it takes a car crash to bring about contact, and, in turn, their own prejudices to the ugly light of day. It's a place in which there are so many people living, but it's like entropic molecules - they bump and bounce and ...  Read the complete review

A film starring so many big name actors including Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Don Cheadle and Ryan Phillippe. The movie's main focus is on the subject of racism and how people's lives are all connected. Crash has been made amazingly and gives a rich, intelligent, and moving exploration of the interlocking lives of a dozen Los Angeles ...  Read the complete review

This award winning film has several well known faces amongst the cast including Sandra Bullock and Matt Dillon. None of the roles are what I would call main characters. The film has several stories that run alongside each other and cross over through the film. This is something to consider before watching the film as it jumps from story to story ...  Read the complete review

Crash is one of the best modern films. I love films where there are multiple storylines and loads of characters. It keeps the film flowing and you have no time to get bored. Its a great case study of what happens when cultures and races of people live in such close proximity of each other yet are miles apart until they literally crash into each ...  Read the complete review

'Crash' is the debut film from Million Dollar Baby screenwriter Paul Haggis and is teeming with solemn recognition of the nasty complexities of living in a multicultural society. The characters in this film become involved in heated exchanges that either bring to the surface long-buried prejudices or fan the flames of hatred already out in the ...  Read the complete review

Not to be confused with the David Cronenberg film of the same name, Paul Haggis 2004 film 'Crash' focuses heavily on the subject of racism. Several stories are here intertwined and ultimately all of them link together. Racist people are shown from all walks of life, but there are also equal amounts of people here that are not racist in any way. ...  Read the complete review

Writer/Director: Paul Haggis Release Date: 2004 Genre: Drama Run Time: 113 minutes Certification: 15+ RRP: £14.99 ***Who is Paul Haggis*** Paul Haggis is a new name to me which I am ashamed to admit because he is a fellow Canadian with a very impressive CV. Previously, much of his work as writer, ...  Read the complete review

I tried to watch this film a few times and at first I just could not get into it, I stupidly thought it was slow. Then one night I sat down properly to watch it. WOW I have to say that this film is probably the best film I have seen this year, if not of all time. It is so thought provoking and powerful. It is even funny in some parts. The ...  Read the complete review