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Bookmark this pageCrush (1992)
Director: Alison Maclean
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
An intriguing and often impressive debut feature in which, following a car crash, the driver (Harden) - a predatory young American - takes the place of her injured literary critic friend (Rees), then insinuates herself into the home and hearts of a famous writer (Zappa) and his teenage daughter (Bossley). A study in deceit, manipulation, obsession and awakening awareness, Maclean's film starts unsteadily - the narrative a mite too elliptical and enigmatic for its own good - but slowly resolves itself into a powerful if faintly overheated melodrama. Beautifully performed, however, and shot with a great deal of dramatic resonance in a bleak, dank New Zealand countryside full of glooping geysers and precarious footholds.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Alison Maclean
Producer: Bridget Ikin
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Donogh Rees, Caitlin Bossley, William Zappa, Pete Smith full cast
Duration: 97 mins
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