Implausible

Rating: 6/10 (13 February 2006)

"Crash" is a nice attempt to make a meaningful movie, but unfortunately, it falls short. The situations are contrived; the characters too stereotypical and the results too pat. The music was slow and depressing, and the entire movie seemed to crawl at a snail's pace. The racist cop who felt up the black lady in front of her husband; then saved her life the next day? Get real. The little girl accidentally shot by a gun that was loaded with blanks. Ad nauseum. The only dialog that sounded real was the old man with the urinary problems. The dialog sounded like what the people might have thought, but would probably never say out loud. Everything about the movie seemed two-dimensional. But it's biggest sin was that I never cared about the characters.
Six stars for a noble try, but no cigar on this one.