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.
English, Persian (Farsi), Spanish, Chinese, Korean
Budget:
$6,500,000
Revenue:
$98,410,061
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. 66 wins & 112 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Enjoy the wonderful performances by a cast very committed to the cause.
– Andrew Sun,
Hollywood Reporter,
30 Aug 2005
rotten:
Any relation to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
26 Sep 2005
fresh:
It's smart, therefore, that Haggis has written such novel, precisely observed, often unpleasant characters as the ones Bullock, Dillon, and Cheadle inhabit.
– Ken Tucker,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
9 Dec 2005
fresh:
Haggis moves seamlessly between all these stories and has structured them in such a way that his characters reach a crisis point simultaneously, followed by melancholy clarity.
– Christy Lemire,
Associated Press,
15 Feb 2013
fresh:
Ultimately, Crash succeeds in spite of itself. Its color war starts to feel obvious and schematic. Its coincidences and cliches become like a pileup on the 405 freeway, but there it is -- you find yourself rubbernecking and can't manage to look away.