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Joshua M Deep allegory about toxic and broken relationships! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Dave S At the very least, you have to give David Cronenberg credit for even trying to make an adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s seemingly unadaptable novel Crash. Presumably, Cronenberg is trying to touch on some sort of theme regarding technology and its impact or influence on human behaviour and, if that’s the case, he is at least faithful to Ballard’s dark vision. If the film falters, it is probably due to the repetitiveness of it all – bad driving followed by kinky sex followed by conversation in hushed tones. It’s certainly stylishly shot, well executed (the continuity is actually pretty decent considering how difficult it must have been to shoot this), with strong performances from a stellar cast (who was James Spader’s agent and why did he get all of these weird roles back then?), but when it’s over I just felt like “meh” followed by a shrug. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/26/25 Full Review Virgo V Crash is a 1996 Canadian erotic thriller film directed, produced and written by David Cronenberg, based on J. G. Ballard's 1973 novel of the same name. It stars James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger and Rosanna Arquette. It was produced by Alliance Communications, The Movie Network, Telefilm Canada and the Recorded Picture Company. It was distributed by Alliance Releasing. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received the Special Jury Prize. At the Cannes Film Festival, a screening provoked boos and angry bolts by upset viewers. The controversial subject matter prompted the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard to orchestrate an aggressive campaign to ban Crash in the United Kingdom. Media mogul Ted Turner, whose company oversaw U.S. distributor Fine Line Features, refused to release the film in the United States, going so far as to pull it from an October 1996 release date intended to coincide with the Canadian rollout. AMC Entertainment Inc., the second-largest U.S. theater chain at the time, said it was posting security guards outside about 30 screens showing the movie to ensure minors did not get inside. In a 1996 interview with the Vancouver Sun, Cronenberg said Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci told him "the film was a religious masterpiece." On At the Movies with Roger Ebert, director Martin Scorsese ranked Crash as the eighth best film of the decade. Of the adaptation, author J. G. Ballard reportedly said, "The movie is actually better than the book. It goes further than the book, and is much more powerful and dynamic. It's terrific." He promoted Cronenberg's work in his native country. Vision wrote: “the film is all about cars and sex. A bunch of dummies in crash cars. I don’t understand the premise. For whatever reasons it may be, the script is so outrageous and harmful to the mind, but not the eyes. The only thing that stood out was Toronto and Deborah Kara Unger’s body. A kid could write a better film. I would praise Howard Shore's score, while admitting that it's an overdone film to like, too repetitive with no performances to hold any part of the story together like glue. Two fries for cinematography and direction. That’s as far as I can go.” Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/31/25 Full Review Stephen C Success in 1 hour and 40 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $3,400,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/24/25 Full Review chris h Wild ride of broken ppl with messed up obsession and turnons...very mature content.can feel slow at times.Cast does a good job and at times daring. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/15/25 Full Review 3D W A lot to think about. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/23/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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