Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes

One wrong turn deserves another.

Directed by Roger Michell

Produced by Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions

200298 min6.3 / 10

A taut urban thriller about two strangers locked in escalating mutual destruction after a minor car accident, exploring how quickly civility collapses under pressure and personal desperation.

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.

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  • Is Changing Lanes easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Changing Lanes sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Does Changing Lanes end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Changing Lanes scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Changing Lanes violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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Love35

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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