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Crash

Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other.

2005 · 1h 52m · R Drama
Directed by Paul Haggis

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Overview

In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
73%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Ultimately, Crash succeeds in spite of itself. Its color war starts to feel obvious and schematic. Its coincidences and cliches become like a pileup on the 405 freeway, but there it is -- you find yourself rubbernecking and can't manage to look away.

Joanne Kaufman, Wall Street Journal
Fresh

Haggis moves seamlessly between all these stories and has structured them in such a way that his characters reach a crisis point simultaneously, followed by melancholy clarity.

Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Fresh

It's smart, therefore, that Haggis has written such novel, precisely observed, often unpleasant characters as the ones Bullock, Dillon, and Cheadle inhabit.

Ken Tucker, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten

Any relation to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

Scott Tobias, AV Club
Fresh

Enjoy the wonderful performances by a cast very committed to the cause.

Andrew Sun, Hollywood Reporter

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