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List Price: $14.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 28719
Released: August 27, 2002 |
| Our Price: $2.41 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
This funny and touching story centers on Kate a forty-year-old respectable and successful headmistress in a small English village who gets together with her single friends Molly a doctor and Janie a local police detective every Monday to drink eat chocolate and decide who is the Saddest of the Week. Things start to turn displeasing between the three friends when Kate begins an affair with Jed a sexy 25-year old ex-pupil and is no longer the Saddest of the Week!System Requirements: Running Time 122 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating: R UPC: 043396079021 Manufacturer No: 07902
Description of Crush:
At first Crush seems to be merely the latest film to portray a clique of boozy, trash-talking women as part of a larger, liberated sisterhood worthy of celebration if not admiration. The lighthearted comedy abruptly detours, however, to expose vicious jealousies with brutal, unexpected consequences. A trio of single women in their 40s, Kate, Janine, and Molly (Andie MacDowell, Imelda Stanton, and Anna Chancellor) engage in a weekly ritual of gin, cigarettes, and joyous male sniping that despite its occasional glimpses of bare insecurity is all good "girl" fun. But when Kate, headmistress at the local school, takes up with a former student (Kenny Doughty) nearly 20 years younger and falls wildly in love, her closest friends, rather than embrace a true departure from social mores, plan instead to sabotage Kate's happiness and bring her to her senses. In one of the most inexplicable twists you're likely to see in a comedy, Janine and Molly's ploy takes an unexpectedly lethal turn, and Crush goes from amusing, if predictable, to downright nasty, and then back to end on a happy note. The effect is provocative, though perhaps unintended. --Fionn Meade
Crush Reviews:
What a disappointment 
2008-01-14 - Despite the lighthearted appearance of the cover art, this dvd was not worth watching. Despite the gorgeousness of the young actor playing Jed (and he is beautiful), the plot is strange, not cohesive, and utterly unplausible. To add to the disastrousness, in the middle of some intense scenes, some of the most unintentionally laughable lines are delivered, detracting from the intent of the scenes. It comes across like a play written by a high school drama student. Seriously- don't bother.
What a drag! I want my two hours back!
2007-07-06 - I took a chance on this movie because it was cheap, and I like these actresses. Yech! The plot is nearly non-existent, and the characters are shallow and totally lacking in dimension. There isn't one character you can empathize with. When I had finally sufferered through the end, it occurred to me that this storyline is drawn from that pool of women writers who believe that men must ultimately pay the price for every real or imagined injustice they've inflicted on the "heroine". Pu-lease!
For Heaven's Sake - Don't Buy This Movie! Or Watch It For That Matter
2007-02-24 - This review is a warning to the innocent out there: Do not waste your time on this movie. There is a saying I heard: "Pay the Quarter." What this means is, pay the quarter for the two red-hot spears to poke your eyes out in frustration because you wasted two hours of your life watching a horrible movie. This is definitely a "Pay the Quarter" movie.
Why did I sit through this, then? I have no idea. The only saving grace is that I watched it on IFC and didn't pay a red cent to see it (well, if you don't count the cost of cable to get IFC).
This movie is completely unbelievable and insulting to women. If you believe this movie, all over-40 women are hopeless, insecure, neurotic (or in the case of the doctor chick- psychotic) wenches. Andie MacDowell is horribly miscast as the headmistress of an English school and I just felt sorry for her that she somehow got stuck in this ridiculous waste of a movie. What her "friends" did to her character is completely inexcusable and that she would take them back - let along have her little "get-togethers" with them again - is just unfathomable and unbelievable. There is not a shred of reality in this movie. Even the romance between Andie's character and the younger man falls flat. Sleeping with him in the backseat of the car? In your teens and 20s, maybe - but when you are in your 40s? Have some self-respect, woman! Maybe that was what the movie was trying to say in a bizarre way? Maybe the reason why I sat through this movie was to see where this miserable trainwreck of a movie would end up? Well it doesn't end in a good place, despite the "lighthearted" laughter with her reunited "friends." (Sounded more like forced laughter - and who could blame her?) Does the character even get that she is now a single mother? Was she that stupid? I dunno. But what I do know is don't waste your time watching it - even if it comes on IFC on a Saturday afternoon and you don't feel like doing anything else.
The only positive thing I could say about it is Andie MacDowell is beautiful as is the English countryside.
Movie = great - Music/soundtrack = FANTASTIC 
2007-02-03 - Just saw Crush last week and really liked the movie (the acting/actors, the story and setting were all great). I found the music/soundtrack really fantastic though - I needed to have it. It took a while to find, but I finally ran across it on amazon.de. There was a bit of a language barrier ordering from the site since I don't understand German. I just received it in the mail and it's on permanent repeat - Kevin Sargent is amazing!
If you're in search of the soundtrack, I would recommend trying Axel Music [...] - in the top right-hand corner you can change the language to English. It may take a bit to receive the CD in the mail, but it's well worth the wait!
Enjoy!
Too Many Subplots And A Schizophrenic Tone Bury A Terrific Romance 
2006-11-16 - I was not familiar with "Crush" previously--but with Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, and Anna Chancellor as the stars, I decided to give it a try. It is a surprisingly well made picture with some very nice performances. Ostensibly billed as a romantic comedy, the movie tries to be too many things to too many people. With a shifting focus and tone throughout, it isn't wholly successful and some of it's parts have more impact then the overall film does.
The film begins as a genial buddy comedy, shifts a bit into a surprisingly mean spirited romantic comedy, then into a heavy drama, and back into warm lightheartedness. It's a bit uneven, which is unfortunate because there are a lot of great qualities within this picture. I can't help but think that if "Crush" hadn't been quite so schizophrenic--maybe been a light romantic drama with comedic elements--I would have loved this movie.
By far the most successful element within "Crush" is the romance. I'm not typically known for my soft heart, but I found the relationship formed between Andie MacDowell and Kenny Doughty very believable and well done. MacDowell is a school headmistress, and Doughty a former pupil--so there is about a 20 year age difference between them. From the tentative flirting, to the sexual liaison, to the discovery of real love--I thought these two were great. Had the whole picture been focused on this story, I'd have been with it wholeheartedly.
However, there is a mean streak to these characters as well. And while this isn't totally unbelievable, I found it somewhat unnecessary. Anna Chancellor, especially, as MacDowell's best "friend" doesn't believe this May/December romance will work. So she is so malicious, unsupportive and destructive--it's hard to imagine rooting for these two to remain friends. Skepticism is one thing, evil is another.
Overall, "Crush" is worth a look. Had the plot and some of the over-the-top elements been scaled back, the movie had true potential. As is, the uneven tone keeps me from giving it more than 3 stars. KGHarris, 11/06.
