CRASH is trash.

Rating: 1/10 (6 March 2006)

An unbelievably terrible train wreck of a movie.
Crash is a rare sort of movie. It is pure Hollywood fluff hiding in the guise of a good film. Crash is a movie that makes stupid people feel like they've comprehended something important. Crash is trash.
What the filmmakers have done is taken the very real, and very important topic of racism and have handled it with the depth, intelligence and subtlety of an episode of Full House. Scratch that - a "very special" episode of Full House.
The writing is abysmal. A host of despicable, broad caricatures of stereotypes deliver ludicrous dialogue and chew the scenery through a parade of heavy-handed scenarios that are tied together by coincidences that would make the most undiscriminating movie-goer groan. The writing is on par with that of a fifth grade Christmas pageant.
The acting is pathetic. The performances are broader than a quarterback's shoulders. The cast of this film must realize the ridiculousness of the dreadful film they are in, as each and every character comes off as nothing more than a laughable cartoon character. Big Momma's house had characters with more emotional depth.
Worst of all is the direction of this film, done with the gently subtlety of spike through the cornea.
The downright racist stereotypes in this film belittle anything the creators might have been trying to do and as a result - Crash comes off as one of the most dumbed-down embarrassments the medium of film has seen in recent history.
This film might have been passable as a made for Lifetime movie, but as a theatrical release - it stinks.
All intelligent fans of film should stay far away from this hideous farce of a movie.