Crash
Directed by David Cronenberg
New Line Home Video 1996

reviews by Terry Wickham

I honestly can't understand the attraction that any human being would have in trying to injure themselves in car crashes. But the whole idea comes from David Cronenberg's warped mind, so I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise. I just couldn't get how anyone (even a fictionalized movie character) would be attracted to physical destruction and disfigurement.

As a movie, Cronenberg regular Peter Suschitzky films it beautifully. The score by Howard Shore is guitar driven and kind of disturbing.

The story or lack of is really the film's biggest weakness. We are subjected to a bunch of car wrecks and never ending sex scenes. The sex feels like someone's personal fetish (wouldn't doubt Cronenberg) and all together Crash doesn't come across as a movie. Because there are so many sex scenes, the film is repetitious and boring.

The actors all put forth a good effort but I just didn't care what was happening on the screen.

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