scariest five minutes

Film This might be one of the scariest five minutes you'll watch this year. It's just made me physically ill. To save time in case you have already seen it, it's the cautionary tale of why you really should be texting people while at the wheel of a car. The illustrative freeze frame gives some indication of the content:



Peter Bradshaw says some useful things about its filmic qualities. My heart nearly exploded during the beautifully acted moment when the passengers look each other in the eye, as though the girl who'll live is saying good-bye to the girl who won't, one of those split seconds which lasts a lifetime. I'm not sure I could watch the whole of the half hour version.