A movie that makes you feel and think

Rating: 9/10 (2 October 2009)

Here is a film that pretty much one person can claim as his own vehicle. That would be Paul Haggis who directed as well as wrote, along with Robert Moresco, CRASH.
The story is excellently written, interweaving many different story lines and characters and then bringing it all home. It seems like a difficult thing to write and just as difficult to direct.
Haggis accomplishes the feat and the movie is a powerful and well acted drama, touching on prejudices, overt and underlying, that exist in our society. Even in a progressive city like Los Angeles.
The actors all work wonderfully well together as an ensemble cast. They need to be mentioned and, not wanting to leave anyone out, I took their names from the credits
So.. wonderful performances by Terrence Howard, Ludicrous, Thandie Newton, Michael Peña, Ryan Phillippe, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Art Chudabala, Sean Cory Cooper. Tony Danza, Keith David, Karina Arroyave, Dato Bakhtadze, Loretta Devine, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Ime Etuk, Eddie J. Fernandez, William Fichtner, Howard Fong, Brendan Fraser, Billy Gallo, Ken Garito, Nona Gaye, Octavio Gómez Berríos, James Haggis, Sylva Kelegian, Daniel Dae Kim, Bruce Kirby, Jayden Lund, Jack McGee, Amanda Moresco, Martin Norseman, Joe Ordaz, Greg Joung Paik, Yomi Perry, Alexis Rhee, Ashlyn Sanchez, Molly Schaffer, Paul E. Short, Marina Sirtis, Bahar Soomekh, Allan Steele, Kate Super, Larenz Tate, Glenn Taranto, Beverly Todd, Shaun Toub Kathleen York.
THis is the kind of movie that makes one think after viewing it. I applaud all who were involved with making CRASH.