Final thoughts after 3 viewings

Rating: 2/10 (26 March 2006)

When I first saw CRASH last year I was completely swept up in the emotion of the story,like most people would be that have only viewed it once. After seeing it a second time I could see that while the cast was amazing the screenplay was utterly contrived and while rooted deep in the soul it is baseless in realism. CRASH takes you on a melodramatic and rather surreal emotional roller-coaster but is far too preachy without showing any ideas of resolution. We only see the ridiculous interdependence of the main characters and how they are connected through one another in a Shakespearean like fashion. I would say CRASH is very entertaining no doubt about that but as a film that makes a strong social statement as so many have claimed, it falls flat on it's face due to the contrived nature of the screenplay. The only thing that saves CRASH for me is the brilliant cast.