A strange film

Rating: 6/10 (14 July 2006)

This film came highly recommended by people I respected. I watched it with eager anticipation. I was in the minority, however. I felt the film was obvious, contained every cliché in the book and suffered from such predictable plots that I couldn't believe it was being raved about by the people who had raved. I did think it was trying to do something different and important, and after seeing what movies have come to these days, I felt it deserved credit for that. But I could not get on the Crash bandwagon with no reservations. I felt it was a flawed film.
I was watching--had almost gone to bed--when they announced it As Best Picture, beating out the favorite, Brokeback Mountain. It was worth staying up to see the reactions which were heartwarming for the people who won. Having also seen Brokeback, which I thought was terrible overrated, I would have also voted for CRash as Best Picture. At least Crash was making an effort to treat a topic that is timely and important. I felt Brokeback didn't do nearly such a good job.
So anyway, there are lots of Best Pictures that weren't true masterpieces. At least this one tried and made a great effort. Give it that.