A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
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Movie1993·89 min
The Crush
Directed by Alan Shapiro
A thriller drama film directed by Alan Shapiro.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 25%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
6.7/10
572 ratings
About The Crush
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Approachable (4 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Intimate (1 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Tense, Unsettling
- Story Tags
- obsession, trauma recovery, suburban, domestic home, strangers forced together, femme fatale, everyman, cat and mouse, slow burn reveal, corruption