Changing Lanes
Changing Lanes | |
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Directed by | Roger Michell |
Screenplay by | Chap Taylor Michael Tolkin |
Story by | Chap Taylor |
Produced by | Scott Rudin |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Salvatore Totino |
Edited by | Christopher Tellefsen |
Music by | David Arnold |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $45 million[1] |
Box office | $94.9 million |
Changing Lanes is a 2002 American
The film was released on April 12, 2002 in North America by
Plot
In
When Banek gets to court, he realizes that he dropped the crucial power of appointment file at the scene of the accident, and the judge gives him until the end of the day to retrieve it. Gipson, who scooped up the file, is torn, and initially refuses to return the file. Banek, who is desperate to get his papers back, goes to a "fixer", a shady computer
Both men, shaken by the consequences of their actions, start to reconsider their desire for vengeance and try to find a way out. Although it appears unlikely that either man will achieve what he had hoped, both resolve to let go and do what is right, and the two men apologize to each other. Gipson returns the file containing the power of appointment, which Banek knows will discredit illegal forgeries submitted earlier by his firm, and he uses it to blackmail his boss to conduct business honestly and get approval to represent Gipson pro bono to resolve his legal troubles. Banek also visits Gipson's wife, asking her to "give me five minutes." The next day, Gipson is walking and notices his wife and sons standing across the street, smiling at him.
Cast
- Ben Affleck as Gavin Banek
- Samuel L. Jackson as Doyle Gipson
- Kim Staunton as Valerie Gipson
- Toni Collette as Michelle
- Sydney Pollack as Stephen Delano
- Tina Sloan as Mrs. Delano
- Richard Jenkins as Walter Arnell
- Akil Walker as Stephen Gibson
- Cole Hawkins as Danny Gipson
- Ileen Getz as Ellen
- Jennifer Dundas Lowe as Mina Dunne
- Matt Malloy as Ron Cabot
- Amanda Peet as Cynthia Banek
- Bruce Altman as Joe Kaufman
- Joe Grifasi as Judge Cosell
- Angela Goethals as Sarah Windsor
- Kevin Sussman as Tyler Cohen
- William Hurt as Sponsor
- John Benjamin Hickey as Carlyle
- Michael Patrick McGrath as Seavers
- Dylan Baker as Finch
- Jordan Gelber as Priest
- Olga Merediz as Mrs. Miller
- Jayne Houdyshell as Miss Tetley
Reception
Box office
The film was a box office success, with a budget of $45,000,000, it grossed $66,818,548 in the United States and $28,117,216 internationally, for a total gross of $94,935,764.[1]
Critical response
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 77% based on 151 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. The site's critics consensus states: "Though some may find its conclusion unsatisfying, Changing Lanes is a tense, well-crafted exploration of meaty ethical dilemmas."[3] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 69 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.[5]
Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times praised the film, calling it one of the year's best.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Changing Lanes (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 14, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- PRnewswire. 2002-12-30. Archived from the originalon 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ^ Changing Lanes Movie Reviews, Pictures Archived 2020-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. 'Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
- ^ "Changing Lanes Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- ^ "Find CinemaScore" (Type "Changing Lanes" in the search box). CinemaScore. Archived from the original on January 2, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (April 12, 2002). "Changing Lanes – Reviews". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2013.