Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach
Crush is the kind of movie that gives friendship a bad name.
United Kingdom, Germany · 2001
Rated R · 1h 52m
Director John McKay
Starring Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, Anna Chancellor, Kenny Doughty
Genre Romance, Comedy, Drama
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Three 40-something women in a small English town meet weekly for a ritual of gin, cigarettes, and sweets -- and swapped stories arguing which of them has the most pathetic love life. Kate is headmistress at the local school; her best friends are the town's police chief and a cynical, thrice-divorced doctor.
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Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach
Crush is the kind of movie that gives friendship a bad name.
The New York Times by Dave Kehr
The sudden, radical change of tone is something far beyond Mr. McKay's nascent abilities as a filmmaker, and Crush never really rights itself.
Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
The script's foolish contrivances crush its content.
With heavy emphasis on cliché and stereotype, has at least four false endings -- and drags on for nearly two hours -- before it finally contrives to reunite its sitcomish pals for a last drink together.
Whats striking about John McKay's feature debut is how much contempt toward his female characters the writer-director manages to pack into 115 minutes.
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
The kind of movie that gives "chick flicks" a bad reputation.
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
Oddly off-balance, estrogen-powered dramedy.
After "Chocolat" and this, how about a moratorium on candy-centered comedies?
Miami Herald by Rene Rodriguez
What Crush lacks in substance and originality, it makes up for with sheer likability.
There are pleasures to be had early on in Crush, but they get fewer and farther between. Nice while it lasts, the glow wears off all too quickly.
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