Fresh
Combines a knack for storytelling with a rare instinct for exploring ideas within the framework of a major, star-driven Hollywood movie.
Robert Koehler, Variety
Changing Lanes
One wrong turn deserves another.
2002 · 1h 38m · R
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Roger Michell
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Changing Lanes
Overview
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.
Director and cast
- Roger Michell Director
- Ben Affleck as Gavin Banek
- Samuel L. Jackson as Doyle Gipson
- Toni Collette as Michelle
- Sydney Pollack as Stephen Delano
- William Hurt as Doyle's Sponsor
- Amanda Peet as Cynthia Delano Banek
- Richard Jenkins as Walter Arnell
- Dylan Baker as Finch
- Kim Staunton as Valerie Gipson
- John Benjamin Hickey as Carlyle
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A thrilling ride but also a thoughtful one, it's a movie that does manage to do more good than bad by the end of the day.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
The two stars? They're exactly right.
Manohla Dargis, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
In addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat, Changing Lanes is also a film of freshness, imagination and insight.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
The ending is guaranteed to aggravate any self-respecting New York driver.
Dennis Lim, Village Voice
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