Melodramatic morality play

Rating: 4/10 (4 January 2007)

The only thing I got out of Crash was about 2 hours of it screaming at me; "EVERYONE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE RACIST!" Yes? I already knew that. Anything else? Though this is a commendable effort to force us to examine our own views toward others, there should be more to a film than that singular message. Especially when there are so many unrealistic plot twists involving so few people in such a sprawling metropolis. I find it hard to believe the same two policemen would repeatedly run into the same two people and have life altering experiences. It boggles the mind as to why heaps of praise were laid onto this film. Best Picture of 2005? I don't think so.