Changing Lanes (2002)

Cast

Ben Affleck

Gavin Banek

Samuel L. Jackson

Doyle Gipson

Toni Collette

Michelle

Sydney Pollack

Stephen Delano

William Hurt

Doyle's Sponsor

Amanda Peet

Cynthia Delano Banek

Richard Jenkins

Walter Arnell

Dylan Baker

Finch

Kim Staunton

Valerie Gipson

John Benjamin Hickey

Carlyle

About Changing Lanes

A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.

Popularity

7.4

Budget

$45,000,000

Revenue

$94,935,764

Release

Apr 7, 2002

Genres

Thriller, Drama

Director: Roger Michell

Writer: Michael Tolkin, Chap Taylor

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Reviews (2)

Gimly

Sep 10, 2018

5.0

It was pretty.... interesting, but I can't imagine it's the sort of thing I'd ever re-visit. Strong performances are forthcoming from Sam Jackson and Toni Collette, everyone else is sort of stale. There's not a lot of movies out there like _Changing Lanes_, so it's a shame that it didn't end stronger. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole_.

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Kamurai

Oct 23, 2020

6.0

Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can't whole-heartedly recommend. It is amazing all that can happen from a simple car collision, but it is more of a privileged jerk effect than the Butterfly Effect. This whole movie is sort of a philosophical discussion of moral ambiguity with a secondary question of whether one side fuels the other. While I enjoy this do, don't show philosophical battle, the realism of the insanity that occurs in this movie is terrifying. The movie is as good as it could be, but it's awkwardly average in the end.

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