2004 · drama
Crash
Directed by Paul Haggis1h 52m2004
In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.
Our read: Crash (2004) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
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How Crash feels to watch.
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“You want interlocking LA stories forcing uncomfortable conversations about race and fear.”
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