Crashing

Crashing

2007 · 80 min · ★ 5.0 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

It sounds like a budding writer's dream: a bestselling first novel, a luxurious house in Malibu, and a trophy wife... But it all unravels when writer's block and a failed marriage send Richard McMurray out into the streets.

Directed by Gary Walkow · Written by Gary Walkow

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