"Grand Canyon" for Dummies

Rating: 2/10 (29 June 2006)

I seem to be waaaay off in the minority on this one, but the film just never grabbed me the way, say, "Grand Canyon" did. Same theme, same ensemble style -- but those were PEOPLE in Grand Canyon, each learning something, growing, and developing (or not) -- and we saw ourselves in them. The characters in "Crash" are just symbols -- and lame ones at that. The black supervising officer who wimps out when confronted with evidence that one of his officers is racist would never survive in a big city police force. I mean, the guy even STATES that he is wimping out and placing career before principle, and no one whacks him.
I didn't like "Million Dollar Baby", either -- again, no relation to reality, and no characters with any real emotional depth -- although I can certainly see the structural skill in both films.