Wonderful Film

Rating: 9/10 (2 August 2013)

I was pleasantly surprised by Crash, to be honest. I always would see it at the store, mean to pick it up because it had won Best Picture, but never got around to it. Man, what a film. I think what I was most impressed with during the film was how well the script balanced the characters. Time could have been easily spent on one or two of them, but I am glad that they were all well developed and given generally equal screen time. Michael Pena really flexes his acting muscles here and I do believe that he stole the show. Arguably my most favorite part about this film was that all the characters that are seen doing this horrible things go through a phase of redemption. It is wonderful to see these very human and flawed characters make amends or at least make peace with themselves. My jaw dropped during the scene where the Middle Eastern man is threatening Michael Pena's family and also it was very powerful to see Matt Dillion's character rescuing Thandie Newton's after harassing her earlier in the film. We need a theme of redemption in our society these days, to remind us that there is still hope out there and that there is still good in all people.