Not a Very Good Film

Rating: 1/10 (10 May 2007)

Given the rave fan boy reviews I re-watched Crash thinking I needed to keep an 'open mind' about it. But it's even more pretentious on second viewing. Why the 'Academy' awarded this After School Special the BP Oscar over Brokeback Mountain is anyone's guess -- certainly not because it was a better film.
Crash is contrived and predictable and its message about racism rings hollow. If this film were a dessert it would be whipped cream -- it has no substance. I couldn't empathise with any of the characters and I can't even remember their screen names two hours after having re-watched it. I will give props to Matt Dillon because I think he carried this overrated albatross on his shoulders.
Crash is an average film with an aggressive marketing machine, nothing more, to all those out there pushing this dreck as the 'best film ever' -- all I can say is get a life.