Vingettes weaved together with a common thread of racism and bigotry, but BAD CASTING!!!!!!!

Rating: 5/10 (15 March 2006)

Nowhere near a best picture in my eyes. The casting is very questionable here. Terrence Howard as a director, hmmm; Cheadle as a love interest of a tall cute Latina detective, hmmmm; Brandon Fraser as a DA, kinda young looking, LOL that was hilarious. Phillippe as a Cop even funnier ---Come on! Even Dillon, who was good, didn't have that look of a tired 17yr veteran of the force. Finally, the annoying Ludicrous (JAR JAR BINKS comes to mind) talking and talking, rattling off phrases and sentences as if he was recalling his lines each and every scene.
Some funny moments of reality. A few real moments when Sandra Bullock and Fraser are changing their locks at home and begin to argue about more racial stereotyping. But for the most part unbelievable story, and bad casting. Who was good? Dillon was decent. Bulluck was very good at playing a bigot with a mouth on her, but not a stretch. Cheadle is always good, but even here I think he played the part short and a bit too safe. He seemed unsure of where it was going, but that was probably because he needed to because of the ending. He is also way to nice of an actor to be bogged down by Esposito, scene after scene.
The dialogue is very questionable with the black youths. I am black, never hopped a ride, not a criminal, but have been around that crowd. Umm, LOL, Luddy and Tate were rated G, as in Goofy compared to real Jackers. Even with a bit of education, a person who is ready to jack a ride, do they speak the words Ludicrous rants off? I will say no way! Real Jackers are hyped and focused on the crime not the racial stereotypes of society. These two guys were a bit too casual to jack cars. Also, black youths in general don't talk the way they were talking when together, and there are no whites around. Even educated young black men don't speak that way when there are only black people around, for the most part. Tate and Luddy were speaking as if white people were listening. And none were. Also, Howard when he gets jacked and hides the carjacker from the cops, so he can teach him a lesson, as well as show some black pride; that scene was totally not believable. And then Phillippe's reaction with the police was not believable.
So after a while when you are watching scene after scene of unreal dialogue, the movie basically becomes unaccessible and not believable. By the time the little girl was shot, I was already convinced the movie was trying to be too stylish with very little substance-- other than the prevailing message being forced upon us, I could not relate to the Hispanic mans pain and anguish. So it was mildly entertaining and there are some moments of reality.
The best thing about CRASH is the movies final song at the end credits. Much better song than "Its Hard Out Here for A Pimp."