Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon

A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband - a Persian store owner - two police detectives, who are also lovers - an African-American television director and his wife, a Mexican locksmith, two car-jacke...( read more  read more... )rs, a rookie cop, a middle-aged Korean couple and they all live in Los Angeles. And, during the next 36 hours, they will all collide. 'Crash' takes a provocative, unflinching look at the complexities racial tolerance in contemporary America. Diving headlong into the melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles, this urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of multi-ethnic characters as they struggle to overcome their fears while careening in and out of one another's lives. In the gray area between black and white, victim and aggressor, there are no easy answers.

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Paul Haggis

Release Date: September 10, 2004

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DVD Release Date: September 6, 2005

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  • September 16, 2009
    Conceited and contrived, Crash is quite sickening really. This is Hollywood at its very worst and very typical of Paul Haggis. This is just tripe dressed up to be Oscar fodder and an absolute insult to intelligence.
  • April 27, 2009
    Crash is one of the Oscar winning movies of recent years that deserve every piece of praise they got. Not only does it deal with a very delicate topic, racism in all its forms, in a very honest and true fashion, it is also brilliantly told. How the lives of all the characters inv...( read more)olved are connected, all portrayed excellently by an outstanding cast, is pure genius. Carried by beautiful cinematography and a hypnotic score the movie creates plenty of incredibly touching scenes, the highlights being the car crash that makes you shake in excitement, the impenetrable cloak and the final "In the deep" montage. Touching, intelligent, true. In short: a must see and masterpiece.
  • April 11, 2009
    The winner of the Best Picture Oscar at the 2006 Academy Awards, this is a film I hold in extremely high regard. It's one of those very modern films that has an ensemble cast filled with fantastic performances and it tackles a red hot subject - rascism. The film walks a fine line...( read more), as many films that tackle this subject do, but manages to stay on the right side coming off as respectful rather than offensive. It's one of the films of recent years I have rewatched the most and it still hasn't lost its appeal
  • March 19, 2009
    A good film but by no means a great one.
  • October 31, 2008
    Well made movie with rather a negative outlook. Recommend a look.
  • November 15, 2009
    Easily one of the best movies I've ever seen.
  • November 15, 2009
    very slow and dissapointing but the ending was great
  • November 13, 2009
    Excellent film about race relations.
  • November 13, 2009
    L'ho visto nel mio periodo ossessione per Los Angeles, e penso che questo abbia contribuito a farmelo amare pazzamente.
    C'è una scena, quella in cui Matt Dillon tira fuori dalla macchina capovolta e in fiamme Thandie Newton, che aveva precedentemente semi-stuprato, che è un qual...( read more)cosa di splendido.
  • November 11, 2009
    Best actor in a supporting role 2004

Critic Reviews


May 6, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

And so Crash raises the question: If racism is so pervasive in our society, why do we need such an elaborately contrived plot to drive home the message? In other words: How many racists does it take t... full review

May 6, 2005
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Crash, Paul Haggis' flawed but riveting tale of racism in contemporary Los Angeles, has moments so powerful they're instantly seared into your memory; you'll watch without blinking, barely breathing. full review

May 6, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate

The theme is racism. Let me say that again: The theme is racism. I could say it 500 more times because that's how many times the movie says it, in every single scene. full review

May 5, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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... full review

May 5, 2005
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Audiences may cringe as Haggis taps into the kind of offensive images that surreptitiously seep into the brains of even the most open-minded. His point is simple: No one is immune. full review

May 5, 2005
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Americans from radically different backgrounds are brought together by a grim serendipity in Paul Haggis's frustrating directorial debut. full review

May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

The script confronts prejudice with unvarnished nastiness. full review

May 4, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Despite its preachy moments, the film is a knockout. In a multiplex starved for ambition, why kick a film with an excess of it? full review

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Comments


  • reydj2000
    July 13, 2008
    I've never been moved by any movie until I saw this one. No movie has shown such harsh reality & the cancer of this society. Tops my list!
  • karthu1993
    May 4, 2008
    Errrrrrrrrr a good twist?
  • gyvette
    February 28, 2008
    great movie
  • Nebuchadnezzar
    February 26, 2008
    I've removed everyone on my friends list who gave this less than a 3/5 or trash talked it. Give me a break, open your eyes and get educated.
  • cimarron00715
    December 15, 2007
    People who have trashed this movie with bad ratings and reviews may as well be those narrow-minded individuals who are blind to what's really taking place in society and to their own prejudices. Hello??!!! It won best movie of the year! It's an eye-opening movie that portrays the reality of what American society has become. It makes you pause for a while to rearrange your stance in life and the gravity of your actions to others. Causes you to think & rethink Don Cheadle's soliloquy at the beginning of the movie. It is my opinion that every human being should see this film...
  • haxc100
    December 12, 2007
    just wanna add that this is not a documentary so its bound to be artificial. it not even a docudrama.
  • haxc100
    December 12, 2007
    it was nice to see but michael pena is a bit of an oveeractor
  • groaningbitch
    December 8, 2007
    one of the most racist movies made about anti-racist. totally pretious and contrived. totally fake.(yuck!)
  • elfabo78
    November 4, 2007
    My favorite movie ever,all the characters ar great,in fact the most "populars",Sandra Bullock and Brendan Fraser are the ones that maybe are not in the level of all the others,like Michael Pena,the scene with his daugther its the hardest scene I ever seen,the only movie that made my cry.....well,maybe the end of Braveheart also....
  • graciekrist
    October 28, 2007
    GODD ITS GOOD THE MOVIE IS A SPECIAL AN MY COOL

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