Rip-off

Rating: 5/10 (23 June 2006)

Way overrated. Ripped off Traffic which was a truly great movie. Crash was not deserving of best Oscar particularly given its competition. Some of the performances were good, particularly Matt Dillon and Terrence Howard. However, the director was way too schmaltzy. The scenes involving the Middle Eastern store owner were horrendously over-directed and overacted. Paul Haggis is no Sodebergh. I suppose the other nominees (Capote, Brokeback and Walk the Line) took too many votes away from each other, leaving Crash the top vote-getter because of those academy members who still LOVE Hollywood SCHMALTZ. Crash is worth watching but that's it. Watch Traffic again.