I went to see Crash the other day. I wanted to review it for my Mystery Movies column since it is a detective story of sorts. I am usually not at a loss for words, but this movie has so much going on I can't get a handle on it. It was definately not what I expected. The director should probably get some kind of award but I am not sure what that would be. If Crash is how we really are then we are in big trouble; if this is how other countries see us we are in bigger trouble. You see race relations (or non-relations) at its ugliest. Intolerance, bigotry, anger, distrust, fear, nationalism at its worse, you name it's shown here. This is not a feel-good movie, but there is something about it that won't let you walk out--there is the scene where an officer who had earlier searched a woman in a very inappropriate manner, comes to her rescue when she is in an auto accident. The interaction between the two at this second encounter is very moving. It seems that whoever we are and whatever are, whatever we do, whether it's good or bad, we still have a bond, . An unsettling movie, I came away feeling uneasy.
My review of Crash http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31740.asp
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