This movie dispels the myth about people looking at other people and "not seeing color" because they do.

Rating: 9/10 (16 May 2005)

This was one of those kind of movies where after you see it everybody kind of leaves the theater in silence which is definitely what happened when I saw "Crash". People did not know what to say because I believe it left you with so many things to think about. It was just that powerful which can sometimes leave you speechless!!!!! The audience in the theater was of a mixed crowd who could relate. People who only believe what they see on the news about race relations should definitely see this film. It was shows "the hush-hush" conversations that are said "behind closed doors". The cast is marvelous! I was totally surprised at rapper/actor "Ludicrous". He definitely held his own with the rest of the great cast-from Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Larenz Tate and Matt Dillon to Keith David, Loretta Devine, Terrance Howard, and Thandie Newton. It was also good seeing Tony Danza and Jennifer Esposito on the big screen. And lets not forget Brenden Fraser. The script is smartly written and the characters say what a lot of us think but are afraid to say. The scene with Terrance Howard and Thandie Newton being frisked and violated by Matt Dillon's police character was like something out of a "Civil War" epic the way the slave-masters would use their power over slaves. The encounter with Sandra Bullock and the Hispanic locksmith said a lot especially in the fact that while he was installing her new locks and she was making false accusations against him, he in turn was trying to protect his own family by moving them into a nicer neighborhood. The one that hit home for me the most was when Ludicrous talked about not robbing black folks but he turned right around (being a hypocrite) and tried to car-jack Terrance Howard but then Terrance turned the tables on him and let him see how embarrassing he was not only to him but to himself as well. This movie definitely dispels the myth about people looking at other people and "not seeing color" because they do. Color is first, gender is second, and the human being themselves is last.