An amazing statement on racism in North America.

Rating: 9/10 (1 March 2006)

Crash tells many different stories. It involves many different people. However, all of their lives are inadvertently linked together through one accident. All of the people involved also happen to be prejudiced toward another race in one way or another. This movie just made me feel really rotten about how racist some people can be. I felt particularly bad for the Spanish locksmith that Sandra Bullock's character thinks is a gang member, and then we see him arrive home and discover he is a struggling single father.
What I liked even more about this movie was that it really makes you think. Besides the racism, it has another message, and that is you can look at any fender bender anywhere in the world, and the people involved all have their stories, and it all connects. There are so many subtle moments in the film that when you see them, you don't think anything of them, but when you see the ending, it all comes rushing back.
The acting in the movie is really good. This is probably one of Sandra Bullock's best roles, and it is definitely Matt Dillon's best role. Paul Haggis is an awesome writer and director, and I can't wait to see what else he comes up with. This is truly a great movie that deserves whatever Oscar's it wins.
9/10