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The Crush
Thriller · Drama · 1993
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
Movie details
The Crush
“He thought it was just a crush. He was dead wrong.”
1993 Thriller · Drama 1h 29m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
5.8 / 10
23K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
28 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
34 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.7 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Crush?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Alan Shapiro
Written by
Alan Shapiro
Cary Elwes
Nick Eliot
Alicia Silverstone
Adrian Forrester
Jennifer Rubin
Amy Maddik
Kurtwood Smith
Cliff Forrester
Amber Benson
Cheyenne
Gwynyth Walsh
Liv Forrester
D
Deborah Hancock
Samantha
Court is in session
Put The Crush on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.