Too bad Spike Lee didn't make this film; it's the script he needed

Rating: 9/10 (8 May 2005)

'Crash' is the movie Spike Lee should have made, but didn't. But Spike shouldn't feel defeated. Haggis is unusually gifted. He's up there with the best of them, and this is only his first directorial stint. What false notes there are in this movie make very little difference. The expression is eloquent and sharp as a scapel. But beware, this movie's points about racism and human nature are as powerful as any religious, political or academic ones you've ever heard. And since most people 'can't take the truth' to borrow a famous tag line, that's a problem. But if you can take in this particularly incisive version of the truth, there's no question you'd be better off if you did.
A terrific movie and I can't wait to see his next.