Provocative

Rating: 10/10 (13 August 2005)

This movie centres around race and racial issues which arise in the multicultural city of Los Angeles. Director/writer Paul Haggis aims to do this by interlinking several mini-stories...and does so brilliantly.
The cast is superb, all turning in brilliant performances, including rapper Ludicrous who has shown he has a future in film. Perhaps the most powerful performance came from Ryan Phillippe, whose character personifies the message that Crash tries to get across; we are capable of anything, both in views and actions.
Paul Haggis has shown that his transition from TV to film is more than successful, with Crash and his screenplay work on Million Dollar Baby occupying #68 and #67 respectively in IMDb's Top 250. In my personal opinion, I feel that this is close to, if not the best movie I have ever seen. I am not aware of the requirements of a film being considered for the Academy Awards (this is a 2004 film...should it have been considered at the 2004 Oscars?), but I think this film should receive mentions.
It's unlikely that Best Actor/Actress will come up, mainly due to the nature of several stories and no one actor/actress predominating over the others. However, Best Film or Screenplay nominations, if not awards should be possible.