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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1993 DVD Release: 08/01/2000 Format: DVD - Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 29 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 25 Genres: Thriller, Erotic Thriller, Psychological Thriller

The Crush is a psychological thriller wherein a young man is the object of the obsession of a mentally unbalanced young girl. Journalist Nick Elliot (Cary Elwes) rents the guest house of a wealthy couple. The family's 14-year-old daughter Darien (Alicia Silverstone) flirts with him, and when her advances are not reciprocated she becomes increasingly obsessed with him resorting at last to violence and murder. Alicia Silverstone is beautiful and surprisingly good as the obsessed girl. Cary Elwes is also good in conveying his attraction and restraint in his dealings with so young and troubled a girl. However, the premise of the man being trapped by the aggressive, vengeful female is somewhat outdated and cliched. The Crush which should concentrate on the motivations of the girl, instead focuses on her increasingly violent acts, which include the vandalism of Nick's car and the attempted murder of his girlfriend. None of the characters are very real, and the plot is contrived, depending on illogical coincidence and implausible behavior by the principal characters. The Crush, an exploitive, cliched melodrama masquerading as a thriller, fails to either surprise or thrill. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide

Cary Elwes - Nick Eliot
Alicia Silverstone - Darian Forrester
Jennifer Rubin - Amy Maddik
Amber Benson - Cheyenne
Kurtwood Smith - Cliff Forrester

Best remembered as the first film to gain Alicia Silverstone some attention, The Crush is available on DVD with a fine widescreen anamorphic 1.85:1 image. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. English, Spanish, and French subtitles can be accessed. In the area of supplemental materials, this spartan release contains only cast filmographies and trailers for other films from the same production company. Fans of Silverstone may be disappointed with the lack of information about her on the disc, but they will be pleased with the presentation of the movie itself. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide