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NUMBERS
Box Office: $1,046,036
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CONSENSUS
Derailed by jarring plot turns, Crush is an implausible take on female friendships.
CAST & CREW
Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, Anna Chancellor
Directed by John McKay
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SYNOPSIS
Three forty-something women, Kate (Andie MacDowell), Molly (Anna Chancellor), and Janine (Imelda Staunton), gather weekly to swap stories, guzzle gin, and laugh about whose life is more pathetic, the prize for which is a box of chocolates. more...
MPAA RATING
R, sexuality and language
RUNTIME
1 hour, 52 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Apr 3, 2002
Video: Aug 20, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Sony Pictures Classics
GENRE
Comedies, Romance, Marriage
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Crush Site
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 "In its chicken heart, Crush goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises."
-- Erica Abeel, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"Prurient playthings aside, there's little to love about this English trifle."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
 "It's the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this "Two Weddings and a Funeral" fun."
-- Sean Axmaker, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"You come away thinking not only that Kate isn't very bright, but that she hasn't been worth caring about and that maybe she, Janine and Molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"Anyway, for one reason or another, Crush turns into a dire drama partway through. After that, it just gets stupid and maudlin. Too bad, but thanks to some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances, it's not a total loss."
-- Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES
"An unpredictable blend of gal-pal smart talk, romantic comedy and dark tragedy that bites off considerably more than writer/director John McKay can swallow."
-- Robert W. Butler, KANSAS CITY STAR
"McKay deflates his piece of puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"This is a movie filled with unlikable, spiteful idiots; whether or not their friendship is salvaged makes no difference in the least."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"McKay shows crushingly little curiosity about, or is ill-equipped to examine, the interior lives of the characters in his film, much less incorporate them into his narrative."
-- Duane Dudek, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
"Go, girls, right down the reality drain."
-- David Elliott, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
"The characters are based on stock clichés, and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility."
-- Ellen Fagg, CITYSEARCH
"A loquacious and dreary piece of business."
-- Bill Gallo, NEW TIMES
"Writer/director John McKay ignites some charming chemistry between Kate and Jed but, when he veers into sodden melodrama, punctuated by violins, it's disastrous and Kate's jealous female friends become downright despicable."
-- Susan Granger, WWW.SUSANGRANGER.COM
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"Anyone who suffers through this film deserves, at the very least, a big box of consolation candy."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"The dark and bittersweet twist feels strange as things turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film. First-timer John McKay is never able to pull it back on course."
-- Jeffrey Bruner, DES MOINES REGISTER
"An atonal estrogen opera that demonizes feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"A film about female friendship that men can embrace and women will talk about for hours."
-- Gary Cogill, WFAA-TV
"It's not just a feel-good movie, it's a feel movie. You feel good, you feel sad, you feel pissed off, but in the end, you feel alive - which is what they did."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"Escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies, infusing into the story very real, complicated emotions."
-- Annlee Ellingson, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"Oversexed, at times overwrought comedy/drama that offers little insight into the experience of being forty, female and single."
-- Michael Elliott, MOVIE PARABLES
"The film never gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements, in terms of love, age, gender, race, and class."
-- Cynthia Fuchs, POPMATTERS
"Crush is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half."
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
"While it would be easy to give Crush the new title of Two Weddings and a Funeral, it's a far more thoughtful film than any slice of Hugh Grant whimsy."
-- Harry Guerin, RTE INTERACTIVE (DUBLIN, IRELAND)
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ROTTEN 36%
Avg. Rating: 5.5/10 |
"Crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since Valley of the Dolls."
-- Michael Atkinson, VILLAGE VOICE
"There are as many misses as hits, but ultimately, it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior, and it's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises."
-- Jay Carr, BOSTON GLOBE
"The movie does its best to work us over, with second helpings of love, romance, tragedy, false dawns, real dawns, comic relief, two separate crises during marriage ceremonies, and the lush scenery of the Cotswolds."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"Most of Crush is a clever and captivating romantic comedy with a welcome pinch of tartness."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"[MacDowell] ventures beyond her abilities several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is."
-- Eric Harrison, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"Shamelessly sappy and, worse, runs away from its own provocative theme."
-- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"It treats women like idiots."
-- Stephen Hunter, WASHINGTON POST
"McKay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages, apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device he has put in service."
-- Dave Kehr, NEW YORK TIMES
"Ostensibly celebrates middle-aged girl power, even as it presents friendship between women as pathetic, dysfunctional and destructive."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Even when Crush departs from the 4W formula ... it feels like a glossy rehash."
-- Glenn Lovell, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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"It has something of the aura of Four Weddings and a Funeral about it, mixed in with a bit of Bridget Jones's Diary, but the movie's just too different, too risky for huge popularity."
-- Ken Hanke, MOUNTAIN XPRESS (ASHEVILLE, NC)
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