Best movie of 2005

Rating: 9/10 (22 August 2005)

This movie totally blew me away. It's a complex analysis of race and culture with real, fully developed characters. "Crash" seeks to explain the inner thoughts of racism and explore why it is such an intractable problem and why everyone can't just get along. Every thread is connected, every motivation examined, every persona is shown to have inner strength conflicting with terrible weakness. This is an emotional movie, but one that earns its emotion, not a cheap tearjerker. The writing, direction, and acting is all top-notch. Very highly recommended. Since it's an ensemble cast with no one character getting large amounts of screen time, it'll be tough to wrangle out acting Oscars for this pic, but I hope the direction and screenplay won't go unnoticed by the Academy.