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Crash

1996

David Cronenberg

James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger ...

6.5

26,115

Drama. Thriller This dark, moody, erotically-charged film examines the theme of sexual fetishes, and their impact on one's life. Philandering husband James Ballard has been seriously injured in a car crash. But after bonding with Helen, the woman in the other vehicle, the two begin a sexual relationship. Their lives are further altered after meeting kinky hospital worker Vaughn. Vaughn runs a secret club that re-enacts (to the minutest details) famous ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It's about the human mind, about the way we grow enslaved by the particular things that turn us on, and forgive ourselves our trespasses (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"While the director remains firmly behind the wheel for the first hour or so, he cracks up toward the end with sequences that send the film and the audience into a ditch."	NEG
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Mr. Cronenberg, for once oddly inhibited by brazen subject matter, has made a meticulously stylized and controlled film that leaves many of its characters' ideas muffled and lacks the true audacity its material demands."	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"For a movie obsessed with the connection between sexual intercourse and car accidents, David Cronenberg's Crash could hardly be more stationary."	NEG
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"It's a dark, disturbing, languorous movie, as ludicrous, hermetic and repetitive, perhaps, as Ballard's original, but admirably assured and true to itself."	POS
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"[It] doesn't extend beyond its most immediate sensationalism. When the movie does attempt to find a theme, it slams into a brick wall of mumbo-jumbo."	NEG
United States	Edward Guthmann SFGATE	"I'm not quite sure what David Cronenberg is trying to say in "Crash," but whatever it is, he deserves a lot of credit for having the nerve to put it on screen and face the consequences."	POS

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