Definitely a Lethal Crash

Rating: 3/10 (25 November 2005)

Okay, lets all get a few things straight about this movie. This movie was good to people who usually watch *beep* obvious films that have absolutely no original arc to them. People would come out saying, "Wow, I can't believe how much this film connected!". Give me a break. If you want true art that's like this watch Magnolia. Here are my problems with Crash...
1. The character development was terrible. Yeah, bad things are happening to these characters, but did they do anything that should make me feel for them and be able to identify? No. I've got Matt Dillon the racist, Terrence Howard the director who speeds away from the police for no logical reason, Brandon Fraiser who is the most pussy whipped man on earth. Sandra Bullock who's a one note bitch the whole time. Where do I look to find sympathy for these people? I mean when Bullock hugs her maid at the end, who gives a *beep* She's in so much pain from falling down the stairs and has a realization. "Oh no, I'm a bitch. Now let me embrace the first person who puts up with me...even though they work for my money...". None of these people were believable either. Cheadle's mother would have NEVER asked for his little brother to come home in real life. Real life junkies don't give a *beep* about that stuff because they're too fried after all the drugs they've done. They don't have any real feelings left. And come on with the Iranian family. The father is an *beep* and I'm supposed to care that he thinks god came down and stopped his bullet from killing some little girl. It's a blank, it's not hard to figure out, especially since your daughter left the box in your store that says in huge letters BLANKS on it. *beep* morons.
2. The extreme push that everyone HAS TO BE racist against someone. Just take a concept and jam it down my throat why don't you? The first thing is about how Asians can't drive. Then there's the Osama comment in the gun store. Then the black car jacker who hates people who think black people jack cars. This whole thing is just showing how stereotypical you have to be to get people to notice you.
3. The characters time on screen were so short lived that I couldn't give a *beep* what happened to them.
4. The writing style was very contrived and not believable. *phone rings* *Cheadle picks it up* "I can't talk now mom, I'm having sex with a Mexican." *Cheadle hangs up*. Wow lets not try and stick a racial comment in there to cause a moment of interracial spat between lovers...
5. The direction was self-absorbed and didn't reach out to the audience. Haggis just wanted people to think he's a great director with his exploding cars and people barely escaping and showing their faces full of indifference after they were so hateful. It's RIDICULOUS.
Whomever thinks this film is one of the best films they've ever seen needs to watch more than four movies. I would have to watch only Gigli, Waterworld, and How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days to call this the best film I'd ever seen. This film is for the large audience of people who don't know anything about film. People who think a film is good when the acting is okay across the board and the topic is racism and OH MY LORDDD things actually connect in the end! It's like Pulp Fiction and Magnolia...but with down syndrome! Matt Dillon and Terrernce Howard saved this film. They were both outstanding...as usual. Haggis should get on his knees and thank them for saving his career because without them he'd be stuck with movie called, "The Acting is Terrible and Everything is a Stereotype." Instead it's just, "Everything is a stereotype."
I hope you think about this next time you watch the film instead of thinking about how cool and unconventional you are for liking a film that's not starring the usual suspects in the romantic comedy scene.