An outstanding movie

Rating: 8/10 (9 October 2005)

A film that cannot leave you indifferent. Far from being a way of escaping the boredom or routine of every day life or a way of forgetting about the harshness of the world nowadays, "Crash" has been for me "food for thought" and a lesson in humanity. The characters are so close to what we are or could be and the events described so close to what really can happen anywhere anytime in today's Western world that you can only feel anxious when you leave the movie house. Loneliness and subsequent paranoia ; racial prejudices which lead to violence and pure injustice ; mass immigration due to third world's poverty ; fear of the other ; difficulties in relationships. Everything is there. A perfect description of chaos. You would never assume that such different people could ever "meet" and yet they do. Another "Short Cuts" as bright and beautifully done. But certainly not as light and as witty. Certainly more pessimistic and conscience-raising.