I cannot think of a more powerful film

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2005)

I hope this film is remembered at Oscar time. It is simply brilliant. Haggis is a master craftsman. "Crash" should be required watching in every high school. On the surface racism rings out as the pervading theme, but it goes so far beyond that. Watching it one week after hurricane Katrina walloped the Gulf Coast made "Crash" more relevant than ever. We are a world fueled by anger that stems from misunderstanding and ignorance. That's it, in a nutshell. There are scenes in this film that I will never forget. Don Cheadle's final scene with his mother. Sandra Bullock hugging her maid. The impenetrable cloak put to a test. There are some films with great promise coming out between now and the end of the year, but I doubt any of them will come close to this masterpiece.