Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard, Thandie Newton ...( see more  see more... ) , Ryan Phillippe , Jennifer Esposito , Michael Pena , Ludacris , Brendan Fraser , William Fichtner

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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  • February 5, 2010
    Dealing with racism and, in my opinion, the culture of fear in which we all live. A truly tragic, provocative and thought-provoking look at society. One of the best films of 2005.
  • December 13, 2009
    An extremely well-executed product of a powerful and intelligent concept for a film. Directed with all the subtlety of a car crash, though, and blunt to the point of inaccuracy.
  • December 11, 2009
    Follows the intertwining and racially charged stories of ten or more characters in Los Angeles, including a racist cop (Matt Dillon), a pair of black car thieves, a Hispanic locksmith, and a Persian immigrant shopkeeper. Beautifully acted by a huge ensemble cast and wonderfully ...( read more)scripted, if you can get past the fact that every storyline was jotted down on the back of a race card.
  • 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.
  • February 8, 2010
    good one... more then one story together bringing out the truth that lies in front of us but the truth that no one wants to admit to..
  • February 7, 2010
    This goes directly to my "greatest movies" category !
  • February 3, 2010
    It's a good movie, but it kinda was ruined to me because I was watching it with a bunch of stupid people that were telling everything that was going to happen 5 minutes before...-.-
  • February 3, 2010
    la odié, de esas veces que sales indignado por la obviedad con la que quisieron darte "los mensajes". Además con unas intensiones de manipularte pa que sientas feo, con música triste, cámaras lenta de gente sufriendo y diálogos que te regañan si no tienes la misma moral
  • January 31, 2010
    Real good movie..!! I have never seen such nice movie.....many of u have noticed that.....there is not center character ....the story flows nice n easy. The story talks about the racism. Well the movie depicts that all are not racist. These topics are not easy to been shown on ...( read more)screen....they have to take super extra care while making these movie. My word..........do seen this movie.

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  • 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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