Manipulative storytelling

Rating: 4/10 (6 January 2011)

Crash is not an intelligent treatment of race in modern day America. From the first, the film is a relentless didactic spoon-feeding in the vein of Gran Torino (6/10). It shamelessly interweaves highly unlikely interactions with coincidences galore. As someone who is more than averagely interested in reality, I feel Paul Haggis drops the ball so hard on that score he deflates it. He not only fumbles on the main theme, but also in regards to how the police operate and how foreigners use their native languages. The characters are mostly annoying as well.
In my opinion, the film leaves its subject in the dark while casting a light on its audience who, for the most part, find it believable. To each his or her own.