CRASH is trash

Rating: 1/10 (9 March 2006)

This film is the most didactic, contrived, trite piece of trash I have seen in many a year. There were points during the film in which I was certain that Haggis had stolen dialog from other films. CRASH is not only unworthy of the Best Picture Oscar, it is unworthy of a nomination in the category. The Academy chose this contradictory diatribe about racism over such better films as MUNICH, GOOD NIGHT & GOOD LUCK, and BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. What a shame. For this, and other reasons, the Oscar voters have become a pointless and arcane clique that is easily swayed by multi-million dollar advertising campaigns. I will never regard the awards as anything more than a popularity contest, as CRASH no doubt proves. Sadly, this is what the Academy Awards have been reduced to. A genuine tragedy.