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Rating: 1/10 (31 August 2006)

Crash aspires to be a good movie, but it isn't. Racial stereotypes are thrown all over the place, without rhyme or reason, even though this is supposed to be about race. The only characters that change are the two racist white characters. What's the point? If all non-white people are stereotypes, what type of message is that sending? And only racists are redeemable? How this won Best Picture is beyond me.
Not that the movie is all bad. Despite the contrivances of the script and the poor direction, all of the actors and actresses are on their game, with especially good performances from Matt Dillon and Sandra Bullock (the only two given meat), along with Don Cheadle and Terrence Howard. But the movie tries it's hardest to destroy any goodness from their performances with hackneyed phrases and ridiculous situations. It asks more than the willing suspension of belief, it asks you to throw all realistic human behavior out the window.
1/10