Crawl (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Crawl |
| Original title | Crawl |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alexandre Aja |
| script |
Michael Rasmussen , Shawn Rasmussen |
| production | Craig J. Flores |
| music | Max Aruj , Steffen Thum |
| camera | Maxime Alexandre |
| cut | Elliot Greenberg |
| occupation | |
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Crawl is a disaster and horror film by Alexandre Aja , which was released in US cinemas on July 12, 2019 and in German cinemas on August 22, 2019.
action
It's hurricane season when high-performance swimmer Haley Keller competes at the University of Florida at Gainesville and learns worrying from her sister. She can't reach her father, Dave. A Category 5 hurricane is on a collision course with Florida. The state is issuing a warning and asking the population to get to safety as soon as possible.
Haley ignores this warning and all roadblocks, and when she gets to the house her father has lived in since the divorce from her mother, she finds the family dog Sugar in the apartment, but not Dave. She believes he has returned to the family home in Coral Lake, which is currently for sale. Once there, Haley finds her father unconscious and injured in the basement. To get him out of there, she has to pass starving alligators that frolic in the rising tides and block the only way out. However, the alligators themselves are too big to get into the house through a pipe. Because the hurricane brought heavy rain and threatens to flood Coral Lake, she has to find a way past the alligators before she and her father drown.
production
Directed by Alexandre Aja , the screenplay by Michael Rasmussen and Shawn Rasmussen .
The German dubbing was based on a dialogue book and dialogue direction by Hannes Maurer on behalf of Cinephon Filmproduktions GmbH, Berlin. Maria Hönig lends her voice to Haley in the German version, Dennis Schmidt-Foss speaks her father Dave.
The film was released in US cinemas on July 12, 2019 and in German cinemas on August 22, 2019.
Hurricane Barry struck several US states on the east coast the weekend the film was released .
reception
Age rating
In the USA, the film received an R rating from the MPAA , which corresponds to a rating of 17 and over. In Germany, the film was approved by the FSK from the age of 16. The release refers to the unabridged version. The statement of reasons for the release states that the threat scenario and the tension built up early on lasted until the end, which, when combined with some drastic images of injuries and kills, could frighten young people under the age of 16.
Reviews and grossing results
The film received a positive rating from 83 percent of all Rotten Tomatoes critics.
The film critic Antje Wessels notes that in the extremely positive response from critics, in particular the renunciation of humor is positively emphasized by many, which is also absolutely understandable, after all, in the profession of animal horror , which is far from logic and realism, many stumbling blocks are simply avoided with winking and irony What Alexandre Aja and his scriptwriters Michael and Shawn Rasmussen do without: “Your film is serious and the immediate danger from the voracious reptiles is omnipresent.” This ensures that the oppressive atmosphere, additionally fueled by the very reduced setting, is maintained for a long time stay, continues Wessels. Short but effective peaks of violence and a handful of jumpscares , on the other hand, particularly satisfied the adrenaline junkies. Especially for a film that was shot on a budget of just 13.5 million US dollars, the effects specialists would have done a great job here. The film is also good at the authentic flair, created through filming in which the actors had to fight their way through real water and real mud, according to the film critic.
The production cost of $ 13.5 million is offset by worldwide cinema revenues of $ 91.5 million.
Awards
Hollywood Critics Association Awards 2020
- Nomination for Best Horror Film
Web links
- Crawl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Crawl in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for crawl . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 191084 / K).
- ↑ Start dates in Germany. In: insidekino.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ↑ US tropical storm "Barry": The danger is not averted. In: Spiegel Online, July 14, 2019.
- ↑ Christin Ehelers: Will the crocodile horror "Crawl" be less bloody than expected? In: turn-on.de, July 8, 2019.
- ↑ Reason for release for Crawl In: Voluntary Self-Control of the Film Industry. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ↑ Crawl. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ Antje Wessels: Crawl. In: wessels-filmkritik.com, August 14, 2019.
- ↑ Crawl. In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ↑ Karen M. Peterson: LAOFCS Announces New Name and 2019 Nominations. In: awardscircuit.com, November 25, 2019.