Product Details

• Actors: Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Thandie Newton, Karina Arroyave, Dato Bakhtadze
• Directors: Paul Haggis
• Writers: Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco
• Producers: Andrew Reimer, Betsy Danbury, Bob Yari, Cathy Schulman, Dana Maksimovich
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate Films
• DVD Release Date: September 6, 2005
• Run Time: 112 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,251 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000A3XY5A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,764 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Crash (Widescreen Edition)" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Movie studios, by and large, avoid controversial subjects like race the way you might avoid a hive of angry bees. So it's remarkable that Crash even got made; that it's a rich, intelligent, and moving exploration of the interlocking lives of a dozen Los Angeles residents--black, white, latino, Asian, and Persian--is downright amazing. A politically nervous district attorney (Brendan Fraser) and his high-strung wife (Sandra Bullock, biting into a welcome change of pace from Miss Congeniality) get car-jacked by an oddly sociological pair of young black men (Larenz Tate and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges); a rich black T.V. director (Terrence Howard) and his wife (Thandie Newton) get pulled over by a white racist cop (Matt Dillon) and his reluctant partner (Ryan Phillipe); a detective (Don Cheadle) and his Latina partner and lover (Jennifer Esposito) investigate a white cop who shot a black cop--these are only three of the interlocking stories that reach up and down class lines. Writer/director Paul Haggis (who wrote the screenplay for Million Dollar Baby) spins every character in unpredictable directions, refusing to let anyone sink into a stereotype. The cast--ranging from the famous names above to lesser-known but just as capable actors like Michael Pena (Buffalo Soldiers) and Loretta Devine (Woman Thou Art Loosed)--meets the strong script head-on, delivering galvanizing performances in short vignettes, brief glimpses that build with gut-wrenching force. This sort of multi-character mosaic is hard to pull off; Crash rivals such classics as Nashville and Short Cuts. A knockout. --Bret Fetzer

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Product Description

They all live in Los Angeles. And in the next 36 hours, they will collide.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

65 of 81 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Crash September 7, 2005

By Emily R. Jarrell

Format:DVD

This is the truest movie out there on racism, and the preconceived notions we ALL (no matter what color) try not to admit to to a certain extent. This was not a "lets bash the white man" movie either, the racism was across the board. The biggest surprise was to come about an hour in, and I was stunned to see the revelation of that storyline (with Matt Dillon). This film requires paying attention to, please stay with it, it will pay off. High recommend!

29 of 37 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Certainly not "Best Picture"... April 4, 2006

By S. WOLFE

Format:DVD

The overbearing problem with this film is the dialogue - almost ALL lines in the screenplay are packed with a racial slur or over-the-top prejudice - so much so that gone is any identification with the characters whatsoever. Gone also is any sympathy for virtually all characters. I never felt engaged.

I see the intent of the structure of this film, but I thought the entire second half was incoherent and, as a result of a sequence of unrelated scenes, I felt like this movie ended 7 times before the credits actually began to roll.

The strength of this film is it's ability to highlight chance, karma, fate, etc playing a part in one's life. However, it just didn't quite work for me. I've seen better cinematic explorations of racial issues, most of them without the big-name actors to cameo, distract, and deliver such poor dialogue in this mediocre film.

44 of 58 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical, bombastic garbage that will be forgotten in a year's time. April 5, 2006

By Kfilm

Format:DVD

I am in utter shock at the positive reviews of this film.

Crash is full of hysterical caricatures screaming their thoughts and intentions for the entire miserable length of the film. Good films with good acting, good direction and good writing simply do not do this.

The film talks down to its audience with such bombastic idiocy, that I am shocked and saddened to see that any person viewing this film was not fully horrified and insulted.

Film is an art form. We should aim better within the discipline. If this is the direction that "Best Picture" caliber films are headed, better to just give up and stop making movies.

This film is the comic book version of a study on racism. It is sad that people apparently need or like having their movies diluted to the point of sheer stupidity that this movie presents.