The truth about racism is...

Rating: 1/10 (12 April 2006)

...it is all to prevalent in our society today but not at all like it is depicted in Crash. This film is a mind numbingly simplistic and cursory look at a very important issue in our culture. When you look past the flash and the hype what you are left with is a film that reuses story lines and plot devices that we've seen a million times before from better filmmakers. A freak storm brings all the characters together as does the playing of a single song, both ideas taken from Magnolia. Even the very idea of people crashing into one another to "feel" or "Connect" was used in a better film with the same title by Cronenberg. I truly do not understand how any intelligent person could not see how one note the performances were and how transparent and elementary the story. Look at Do the Right Thing for a more accurate portrayal of how embedded and covert racism actually is. A true disappointment.