totally overrated

Rating: 4/10 (6 March 2006)

I recently saw crash feeling all of the Oscar pressure and to be honest with you, i wasn't all that impressed. Don't get me wrong, some of the performances were quite good but that wasn't enough to make feel anything but deja vu for this movie. I say deja vu because it smacks of Magnolia, Short Cuts, Pulp Fiction and many other superior ensemble pieces. It seems that Paul Haggis just rented those movies and sort played it safe and stuck to what would manipulate heart strings. I also don't appreciate a movie that wag's it's finger in my face, yeah, i get it, it's about race and inter-connection and all of that, but the film was way too obvious. Do yourself a favour and rent Magnolia or Short Cuts, they are smarter films and they explore their themes in a nuanced and interesting way.
4/10