Intersection (1994)
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7% of critics liked it
(28 reviews) -
39% of users liked it
(5,775 ratings)
A man who may be on the verge of death quickly takes a thorough look at his life in this drama. Vincent Eastman (Richard Gere) is speeding along a mountain road in Canada when, while swerving to avoid a stalled van, he discovers that he's about to run headfirst into a trailer truck. As he's… More A man who may be on the verge of death quickly takes a thorough look at his life in this drama. Vincent Eastman (Richard Gere) is speeding along a mountain road in Canada when, while swerving to avoid a stalled van, he discovers that he's about to run headfirst into a trailer truck. As he's about to suffer a potentially fatal accident, Vincent finds himself flashing back on the events of his life -- most notably his relationships with his wife Sally (Sharon Stone), his mistress Olivia (Lolita Davidovich), and his daughter Meaghan (Jenny Morrison). While Vincent genuinely cares for Sally, he finds her cold and unemotional, but while the free-spirited Olivia has a passion for life that Sally lacks, Vincent can't bring himself to leave his wife for her. All parties involved feel that Vincent is hurting Meaghan with his inability to commit himself one way or the other, and his friend Neal (Martin Landau), a partner in his architectural firm, warns him that it is wrong for a man to live under two roofs at once. Intersection was an American adaptation of the 1970 French drama Les Choses de la Vie. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mark Rydell
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 21, 1994 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Stone deserves some points for playing a recognizable human being while Davidovich fares less well in an underscripted part, but what sabotages the story altogether is Gere's boundless narcissism.
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Todd McCarthy, Variety
This very loose adaptation (acknowledgement of the sources is buried in the end credits) attempts to goose things up here and there, but original's essentially meditative nature is left quite unfulfilled by the new approach and glamour cast.
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, Time Out
Less neurotic and sexually charged than usual, Gere digs deep to find the source of his character's chronic indecisiveness.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
Tespite the glossiness, it winds up seeming profoundly uneventful, perhaps because the car crash is the story's only real dramatic turn.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The only thing these characters have to talk about are the problems manufactured for them by the screenplay. No other conversations on any other subject amount to more than filler between crises.
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Cast
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Richard Gere
as Vincent Eastman
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Sharon Stone
as Sally Eastman
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Lolita Davidovich
as Olivia Marshak
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Martin Landau
as Neal
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David Selby
as Richard Quarry
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Jenny Morrison
as Meaghan Eastman
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Tim Battle
as Draftsman
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Jay Brazeau
as Businessman
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Gary Chalk
as Paramedic
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Ron Chartier
as Resident
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Jon Cuthbert
as Cop
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Thomas Heaton
as Grandfather
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Kevin McNulty
as Developer
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Margaret Nelson
as Nurse at Desk
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Alan C. Peterson
as Semi Driver
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Betty Phillips
as Edwina
- Lynn Stalmaster
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Robyn Stevan
as Step Magazine
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Matthew Walker
as Surgeon
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Timothy Webber
as Truck Driver
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Ron White
as Charlie
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Denalda Williams
as Step Magazine
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Sandra P. Grant
as Receptionist
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Veena Sood
as Intern
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Scott Bellis
as Van Driver
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Christine Lippa
as Step Magazine
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Keegan MacIntosh
as Van Driver's Son
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Suki Kaiser
as Diner Waitress
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Susan Astley
as Woman in Waiting Room
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Eli Gabay
as Step Magazine
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Akiko Morison
as Step Magazine
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Gary Jones
as Step Magazine
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Mark Roberts
as John Graham
