Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Celia A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Jane-Andrews (kua-12757) What a film. Brave and daring script employs brave and daring actors to give you a morality tale to uncomfortable for many. It is quite amazing to watch, but the meaning is what leaves that long lasting impression.

bkdevries The definitive treatise on racism. Illustrates that racism is an endemic disease of institutions and systems, symptomatic of an entrenched culture versus an emergent culture, rather than one on one relationships (except for stranger with stranger encounters). Illustrates also the seduction of individuals into the cultural pressure or "dark side" of a cultural norm or culturally acceptable bad behavior.

Anssi Vartiainen Crash, directed by Paul Haggis, is a collection of intertwining stories set in Los Angeles. We follow a pair of cops, for example, who in turn pull over a vehicle, the driver of which we then follow around for a while, and so on. Kind of like Pulp Fiction, but with the emphasis on theme rather than style.That theme in this case being that of prejudice. These characters are victims and perpetrators of racism, bigotry and hate. Or, as the movie want you to realize, they're often both at the same time depending on the circumstances. Being a victim of racial slurs and worse doesn't keep you from throwing similar slurs around in a different setting. Those who are bullied often become bullies themselves to seize back some of the power that was taken from them. And that's a vicious cycle.It's a poignant message, and what I appreciate about this film is its neutrality. It doesn't take sides, and if it condemns, it condemns us all as equals. Very few characters in this film are completely without a blame, which rings true to me as a viewer.The acting is also topnotch, as it should be for a film of this substance. Matt Dillon's Academy Award nominated performance is one of the best in the film easily, though I also like Shaun Toub and Michael Peña a lot. But truly there are no bad performances in this film.Crash is one of the best films about race, racism and bigotry I've seen. And it earns that through engaging storytelling, good characters and steadfast neutrality. Great watch.

jdonalds-5 The acting was very good in this movie. Certainly the number of stars was impressive.I can't say much about cinematography because it was simply shot on the streets of a city so no luscious grand sunsets etc. I guess what was there didn't distract from the story. The style did fit the story, it's just that the cinematography didn't stand out as it often does in other movies.I certainly believe all of this goes on in our world. It seems there are prejudices of many kinds. We all can treat each other so poorly. This movie deals with prejudice head on. There was a hint of individual recovery in the movie, but not enough to convince the audience that anyone was making life changes. I just don't understand why it was put together.I don't really care to have each and every bad personality trait or behavior assembled into a two hour showing. As I said there was a hint that recovery and change might be coming, but at the same time that idea wasn't followed through. There was plenty of misguided things going on even at the end to make someone subject to prejudice to become angry. Which I'm sure wasn't the aim of the story.