Rotten
For a movie obsessed with the connection between sexual intercourse and car accidents, David Cronenberg's Crash could hardly be more stationary.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Crash
Shocking. Powerful. Scandalous. Provocative. Erotic. Brilliant.
1996 · 1h 40m · NC-17
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
David Cronenberg
Overview
A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.
Director and cast
- David Cronenberg Director
- James Spader as James Ballard
- Holly Hunter as Helen Remington
- Elias Koteas as Vaughan
- Deborah Kara Unger as Catherine Ballard
- Rosanna Arquette as Gabrielle
- Peter MacNeill as Colin Seagrave
- Cheryl Swarts as Vera Seagrave
- Yolande Julian as Airport Hooker
- Nicky Guadagni as Tattooist
- Ronn Sarosiak as A.D.
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Rotten
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.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Fresh
It's a dark, disturbing, languorous movie, as ludicrous, hermetic and repetitive, perhaps, as Ballard's original, but admirably assured and true to itself.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
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.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
"Crash" 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.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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