We Are Always Behind Concrete And Glass

Rating: 9/10 (1 September 2006)

*Crashing Into SPOILERS* In a little more than 36 hours, the destinies of a couple of black car thieves, a couple of cops, a DA and his wife, a Latino locksmith and his daughter, a black TV director and his wife, two homicide detectives, an Iranian owner of a 24-hours-shop and his daughter, entwine themselves like only life can do, in a web of incomprehensions and prejudices that lead some characters to dismal endings, while some others manage to break free of them and learn something important...
'Crash' has won 'Best picture' against favorites such as 'Brokeback Mountain', which I loved, but really, it was way too hyped, 'Good Night And Good Luck', which I will see as soon as I can, 'Capote', and some others.
Some hate it because of that.
Some others hate it because they think it 'beats them over the head with an anti-racism message'.
Both parties are really pathetic, because 'Crash' has a broader theme than racism, and it's prejudices, and it does not try to beat anybody over the head with any message, au contraire.
And I dare you not to gasp when the store owner shoots the locksmith's daughter. I just dare you.
Crash: 9/10.