Changing Lanes (2002, USA) C-99m. SCOPE ** D: Roger Michell. Starring Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Staunton, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, Amanda Peet, William Hurt, Dylan Baker. Typically contrived Hollywood drama about Wall Street lawyer Affleck and struggling alcoholic Jackson, whose lives intersect when they crash into each other's cars. Affleck treats Jackson with disrespect, but leaves an important file behind. A painful psycho-battle ensues where both men could lose everything. Some fine performances aside, this is mean-spirited and manipulative and makes both men fear for the worst, before attaching a Hollywood ending.


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