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Critics Reviews: 7 out of 10
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Chicago Sun-Times
"Crash" was directed by Paul Haggis, whose screenplay for "Million Dollar Baby" led to Academy Awards. It connects stories based on coincidence, serendipity, and luck, as the lives of the characters crash against one another other like pinballs.
Roger Ebert
The Boston Globe
Permit others to be less convinced. "Crash" is one of those multi-character, something-is-rotten-in-Los Angeles barnburners that grab you by the lapels and try desperately to shake you up.
Ty Burr
Reelviews
A lot of characters are woven into the tapestry of Crash, the feature directing debut of TV veteran Paul Haggis. The story unfolds in Los Angeles, where Don Cheadle plays Graham Waters, a police detective. Matt Dillon is LAPD officer Jack Ryan, a 17 year veteran of the force whose actions often cross the line.
James Berardinelli
USA Today
When characters in Crash smash up against one another, tempers flare and racist epithets are unleashed. The friction centers on car accidents, but the title refers to cultures crashing, not just clashing, into one another.
Claudia Puig
The Movie Boy
If not for the title having already been used for David Cronenberg's provocative 1997 film, "Crash" would be the perfect title for Paul Haggis' auspicious directing debut, a penetrating, at times uncomfortably candid, portrait of present-day race relations.
Dustin Putman
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