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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisIt's the most compelling American movie to come around in a long, long time.
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertHaggis writes with such directness and such a good ear for everyday speech that the characters seem real and plausible after only a few words. His cast is uniformly strong; the actors sidestep cliches and make their characters particular.
- 100Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe stunning, must-see drama Crash is proof that words have not lost the ability to shock in our anesthetized society.
- 90Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskyWhat makes Crash so gripping--so terrifying in spots, so moving in others, and even a little funny at times--is how nothing happens as we think it will.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonLike Robert Altman's "Short Cuts," it is an all-star fresco, but the stars--none of whom carries the movie--get to play the kind of morally ambivalent, sometimes unlikable parts that big-name actors usually avoid.
- 80EmpireEmpireA haunting, perceptive and uncompromising examination of controversial subject matter, expertly written and directed by Paul Haggis and characterised by excellent performances from its starry cast.
- 63Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrIts characters come straight from the assembly line of screenwriting archetypes, and too often they act in ways that archetypes, rather than human beings, do. You can feel its creator shuttling them here and there on the grid of greater LA, pausing portentously between each move.
- 50Baltimore SunMichael SragowBaltimore SunMichael SragowNew York critics have anointed Crash in advance as the Second Coming, but it's just another over-ambitious first movie.
- 50Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanA well-intentioned but obvious, often clumsy picture.
- 50Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumPivots on the characters' racism and xenophobia, playing tricks with our own biases and ultimately justifying an extravagant array of coincidences and surprises.