Rating: 
Summary: Just above average
Review: Most movies have good guys and bad guys, or at the very least, protagonists and antagonists. You watch the film and you understand who to root for. This movie does not fit into that category. The characters alternate between being heroes and villains and you're never quite certain who to sympathize with; done properly, this can be compelling, but here, it is a mixed success at best.The two principal characters are as similar as they are different. Affleck plays a lawyer who has pawned his conscience for a beautiful wife and a nice car; Jackson is an insurance salesman whose alcoholism masks his true problem of a vicious temper. Both are flawed characters and not very likeable, so it is hard to care about either of them. In addition, if either of the characters practiced anything approached true civility, they could have defused the situation (and of course ended the movie). Affleck's character alternates between minor evil and minor good, while Jackson is more extreme on both ends. It is a creative device, but it only partially works, and if there was enough to have kept me watching, there wasn't enough to really make me care.
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Summary: I did not think about this movie after I left the theater
Review: While this movie did have some philosophical questions as to how far one will go to get what he wants it left me feeling like there should have been more presented in the movie. I did not think on this movie for days like I have some in the past. Samuel L. Jackson turned in a fine performance and Ben Affleck's was equally engrossing. For Affleck's character to have a 100% turnaround at the ending and do the things he did for Jackson's character are unbelievable. Without giving away too much of what happens it is just not feasible, in my opinion, to go to the depths that these characters did only to end up where they were at the end of the movie. Maybe they were trying to show that good men and bad men are each less so than they appear. Unfortunately I left the theater feeling that I had seen the best parts of the movie in the previews and thinking to myself, "was that it?" "I thought there should have been more to it." Final assessemnt - wait for the video.
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Summary: NOT an action movie
Review: So I went to see this expecting to see two guys trying ruin each other's lives. Well, most of the action scenes are shown in the commercial, which misleads people to think that this is an action movie. In truth, it is more drama and suspense. The movie is really about how one person (s. jackson) blames everybody else but himself for his problems and does not find peace with himself until he finally accepts that he is really the one to blame. The other main character (b. affleck) is a good person who justified to himself that bad things he was doing were really ok. Once he comes to his senses and accepts what he was doing was wrong, and decides to change for the better, only then does he find peace with himself, and thus each other. True, they are fighting with each other, but their individual internal struggles are the true battle. The film is one big tense moment, only finally relaxing at the very end. S. jackson as always delivers an excellent performance. His character's behavior was very similar to that character he played in Die Hard 3. Something about him, when he wigs out, is just awesome. Personally, I don't normally like b. affleck. He did a great job in this film though, as if the part was written for him. So, basically, even though this movie was different than I expected, it was an excellent movie. If you are expecting the kind of Arnold or Bruce Willis action flick, then you'll be disapointed. You don't know what's comming next, and the tension in the movie is thick enough to cut with a knife. How far would you go in the same situation? Personally, I thought the ending was perfect. Some people hinted it wasn't very good, but maybe they were still waiting for an explosion... It was a great movie, it wasn't awesome, but it was definitely great. And you should leave the theater feeling a little better than when you arrived...
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Summary: "Reality Portrayed on the Big Screen"
Review: The story began when two men, one black and one white, got into a car accident. Since black people are always portrayed as trifling and irresponsible, Samuel L. Jackson did an incredible job of defying the odds, by attempting to be responsible. Now on the other hand, Ben Affleck was the fast pace, lawyer/lover who didn't care a thing about doing the right thing, so he just dismissed Samuel L. at the scene of the accident by writing him a blank check.
It's funny how life can take its toll for the worst just when you thought things were going good. Samuel, a previous alcoholic was trying to do the right thing with his life when Affleck turned his life upside down by making him bankrupt.
This movie was superb! I truly enjoyed the real-life depiction of how life can turn for the worst in one short second on the highway or one click of a button. Roger Michell did a superb job of creating a story that catches the moviegoers attention by relaying a plot that one may relate to.
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Summary: Traffic Trouble!
Review: This movie was simply about a war between two people.A lifeless war with thrills and chills and profanity.The movie was a little different then the movies that I normally see.The cast has big time actresses and actors.Ben Afflick(The Sum of All Fears,Pearl Harbor)Sam L Jackson(Shaft)and Amanda Peet(The Whole Nine Yards,Saving Sliverman)It is decent but I didn't like it enough to give it a 5 star like my other reveiws. The Story:Gavin Banek(Ben Afflcik)and Doyle Gibson(Sam L Jackson)are two men in a hurry to get somewhere.Gavin is heading to court whist Doyle is getting to court to get his wife to stay in the state from a divorce settlement.When the two men are driving Doyle and Gavin are involved in a minor traffic accendent with each other Doyle asks for insurence card so they could settle this.Gavin who is in a major hurry leaves the accendent scene saying "Better Luck Next Time."At Gavin's case he learns that in his haste he forgot an important file that could help settle his clinets case at the scene.But of course Doyle(who loses his case because he was 20 minutes late)is angry at Gavin and will not give him the file back.The war begins..... Changing Lanes was a good movie but it was not the greastest movie that I have ever seen.The preveiws looked so good that I thought that it would be better then it was.But that is only my state of mind. ENJOY!!!!!...
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Summary: Great leads, some good thrills, yet curiously unmemorable.
Review: Thanks to enthusiastic reviews and my admiration for the lead actors, I was really looking forward to "Changing Lanes." Jackson and Affleck certainly didn't disappoint, and the film provided a decent share of thrills and suspense, yet it left me oddly unmoved at the end. After thinking about the movie, I know why: "Changing Lanes" focuses so single-mindedly on Jackson and Affleck that no one else registers. Every other character is a plot device existing only to influence Jackson and Affleck in their escalating war against each other. The only exception is Toni Collette as Affleck's colleague and ex-lover, and her character becomes steadily less significant as the film progresses. Thus the film becomes simultaneously too claustrophobic and too scattered; since Jackson and Affleck share very little screen time, they spend most of their performances wandering among ciphers. This is too bad, because Jackson's controlled rage--which suddenly flares with hellfire fury--is very impressive, as is Affleck's delicate balancing act with conflicting feelings of smugness, frustration and remorse. Those two fine actors make "Changing Lanes" worth seeing--but at a bargain matinee, rather than at full price.
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Summary: An Unexpectedly AWESOME and INSIGHTFUL Thriller!
Review: ... I just returned home from what I thought was going to be wasted time seeing yet another Hollywood cinematic disappointment...I am happy to report that I was dead wrong. SEE THIS MOVIE! It rocked my world... took me to places I never expected to be... especially not tonight... made me consider things I never considered before...about life in general...the impact that relationships as major as a husband and wife or as minor as a chance highway accident encounter with a stranger can have on a life... about how every decision each of us makes in our lifetime is a another building block of our moral character. I am not a writer...no words I can write can do this movie justice....all performances, both and lead and minor roles, were strong and impactful. My head is swimming with insight into the human condition and that is soooooooo much more than I bargained for ... So Do yourself a favor and check this one out...it is well worth every cent and then some. Enjoy.
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Summary: Spring Sleeper
Review: Coming into this movie I didn't expect very much. Frankly speaking I'm rather indifferent to the dramatic charms of Ben Affleck, and Samuel L. Jackson (in my opinion) hasn't had a relevant performance since Pulp Fiction.
Having said that Changing Lanes is one of the best films I've seen in a long time. It centers around a traffic accident. Affleck (playing a hotshot attorney) crashes into Samuel L. Jackson, a father trying to make it to court on time for a joint custody hearing.
Affleck smugly tells Jackson, "better luck next time," while driving away accidentally leaving behind a crucial file that he needs for court. Affleck spends the rest of the movie trying to get the file back from Jackson.
What drives the movie isn't so much the conflict between Jackson and Affleck, but the inner conflict of each of the players. Each character undergoes a crisis of consciousness during the course of the day, as the file, for each starts to represent the only escape route.
So what begins as a scramble by each to save their own [rear], becomes an unwitting search for redemption. Personally speaking I've never seen Ben Affleck this good, as he takes on his most complex character to date with intelligence and suprising charisma.
Samuel L. Jackson settles in and gives the kind of gruff and beligured earthiness that gives him an everyman quality, as he resists his usual urge for dramatic grandstanding. Samuel L. Jackson probably has not been this good since his star making role in Pulp Fiction.
Changing Lanes isn't so much a thriller as it is a character study with thrilling aspects. It's a movie about changing directions, and changing attitudes, as each man searches to renew his life, by destroying another.
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Summary: A well conceived classic
Review: Changing Lanes is a poignant tale centering around two individuals whose lives are forcibly united by a fateful car accident. The resultant chaos makes for the deepest and most entertaining movie I've seen this year. Changing Lanes separates itself from other more typical thrillers because of the fascinating interplay between its dueling antagonists. One, a lawyer, is well on his way to selling his soul, while the other, a recovering alcoholic, is desperately trying to regain what little is left of his. Each seems convinced of his own inherent goodness, but both unconsciously possess a seething volatility that exposes itself in times of desperation and danger. As their lives intersect, a vicious slapping match of manipulation and retribution is set in motion. This escalating feud is further flavored by an assembly of other intriguing characters as well. Few of these are not without their own self-serving motives and dirty little secrets. Their twisted ideas of love, sacrifice, and morality supply a spicy context to a story already brimming with tension. Despite the overriding themes of ethical degeneration, greed, and vengeance, few films are able trigger so much empathy and indignation all in one sitting. The same characters who gloat pompously, show hot-tempered brutality, and act with unbridled vindictiveness also manifest the virtues of genuine concern, humble self-assessment, and a need for repentance. Such elements infuse Changing Lanes with an utter humanness that never transcends our ability to relate. Suffice it to say that Changing Lanes is must see material. It's well constructed story, impressive actors, and paced execution make it, in my mind, an instant classic.
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Summary: bad influence
Review: I've seen trailers of this movie, and its no surprise to anyone's imagination. This movie shows one of the ugliness of human nature. We don't need portrayal of road rage to the MAX! This movie sends message that a person could be so disregard to human life. We do not need to be reminded of this hostility on the highways of America. There is enough problems on our highways already!
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