The great American race movie? Look elsewhere

Rating: 4/10 (3 May 2005)

Well, there sure is a need for a meaningful, important film about how race, color, and national origin are dealt with in America. "Crash" isn't that film. By exploiting racial stereotypes with a connect-the-dots meandering plot, the viewer is left wondering "What's the point?" That everyone has a little good and evil in them? That L.A. is a microcosm for 2005 America? That this top-notch cast thought they were buying into a lot more than they got? Well, yeah to all. Ironically, the preview audience at this screening laughed at all the scathing insults and cheap prejudicial jokes which did nothing to encourage a greater probing and understanding of the hatred and tension that fill the film. Spike Lee, where are you when we need you?