11:14 - Movie Review

Rating: 3 out of 5

Car crashes seem to be ripe material for screenwriters looking for a hook to hang their movies on. From Intersection to Crash to Crash (the other one), this seems to be a well-travelled genre. 11:14 adds another notch in that post, a Rashomon-like story of a half-dozen characters who all intersect on one quiet road at 11:14 PM, which results in the loss of at least one life, one male member, a lot of cash, and endless property damage. The immediate before and after of the event contain even more chaos, including a gunshot wound for Hilary Swank.. The film tells each story in sequence, each time adding a little more context to this bizarre series of events, and each time causing us to care a little bit less about what exactly happened. It's not terrible filmmaking, but the plot's "cleverness" will hardly knock your boots off.

Facts and Figures

Year: 2003

Run time: 86 mins

In Theaters: Friday 20th August 2004

Budget: $6M

Distributed by: New Line Cinema

Production compaines: Media 8 Entertainment, MDP Worldwide, Firm Films

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 3 / 5

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Fresh: 11 Rotten: 1

IMDB: 7.2 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: Greg Marcks

Producer: Beau Flynn, John Morrissey, Raju Patel

Screenwriter: Greg Marcks

Starring: Henry Thomas as Jack, Blake Heron as Aaron, Barbara Hershey as Norma, Hilary Swank as Buzzy, Clark Gregg as Officer Hannagan, Shawn Hatosy as Duffy, Stark Sands as Tim, Colin Hanks as Mark, Ben Foster as Eddie, Patrick Swayze as Frank, Rachael Leigh Cook as Cheri, Jason Segel as Leon (Paramedic #1), Rick Gomez as Kevin (Paramedic #2)

Also starring: Beau Flynn, John Morrissey, Raju Patel