11:14 Review

11:14
A stressed father and his troublesome teenage daughter, a careless driver and a group of young joyriders are all involved in a car crash. The exact circumstances are analysed from many different angles.

by Genevieve Harrison |
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Like Amores Perros and 21 Grams, writer-director Marcks’ debut explores a car crash from multiple perspectives. In dissecting the events surrounding the accident, and randomising the chronology of the precise moment at which it occurred, Marcks’ playful plot deftly interconnects a group of suburbanites.

These include a reckless driver (Thomas), an over-protective father (Swayze at his most playful), his manipulative jailbait daughter (Cook), a redneck gas station attendant (Swank, who also co-produces), and three young tearaways on a booze-fuelled joyride that leaves one of them short of his manhood. The eclectic ensemble brings to mind Crash, but 11:14 (made in 2003) is more like vintage Tarantino — darkly comic material handled with a laudably light touch.

Chronology gets thrown in the blender once again in this enjoyably wacky and irresistibly twisty dark comedy, delivered with tongue firmly in cheek.
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