Crash? More like trash

Rating: 1/10 (22 May 2006)

What can i say about this overrated stereotype of a movie? Well, the opining line says it all doesn't it? Sure, it was a touchy subject, and yes there was a good intention behind it all, but what makes it so different than all the other movies about the same theme? Nothing.
Paul Haggis is a brilliant man in his own way. I quite admire his prior work, including that series he produced, i think it was called Family Law. But here, he's just gone.. well stale! The dialogues are superbly cliché, with more howling than speaking. We have the standard white bigot (Dillon) who frankly is more uninspiring than Jennifer Lopez is Maid in Manhattan. It's supposed to be a compliment for that performance.
Personally i feel that even though this is a good movie in some ways, it just isn't special. My vote is so low because, well the movie robbed me of the opportunity of finding any worth.
Oh well, the Oscars love playing it safe and giving it to the cliché's. And since the bush administration... well freedom of speech and artistic integrity does seem like a fantasy.
Overrated and dull... Screechy and bland... with tonnes of clichés...that's Crash!