not only best of '05, maybe best ever!!

Rating: 10/10 (19 March 2006)

I'm not sure who these people are that didn't like the movie. I have yet to meet any of them. As a writer, I was blown away by this script. This movie personified the very context of race in America. It was a raw, unrelenting script that left nothing behind. This story is not about deep rooted character development, it's about the deep rooted stereotypes of many of the races that make up this country. Every serious person in the industry as well as people, whose opinions i respect, highly rated this picture, including myself. I will go even farther to say that this movie is a great example of how people react to one another based not only on race, but on gender, religious and socio-economical backgrounds. I think people tend to miss the point because, as I imagine most of these bloggers are white, they tend to take it personally. They feel as though their own race is being attacked, when in reality, in the case of the District Attorney and his wife, the so-called "wrong" assumption turned out to be the correct one. All stereotypes are rooted in truth, however, they are usually incorrectly asserted to paint a broad brushstroke of the entire group as opposed to a select few. This movie is thought provoking, daring and superbly acted, directed and filmed. To dismiss it by calling it racist is just missing the point of the film. Crash makes us realize that we don't always know who we are until the moment of truth strikes us. It's in that moment that our true character is revealed.