Crash (2004)

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Great essay on this, articulating all of the reasons (and more!) why I didn't like the movie:

It's a message picture conceived at the same jacked-up visual and emotional pitch as a Super Bowl ad or action film trailer; it's Stanley Kramer in a 'roid rage. Unlike other recent Best Picture contenders, "Crash" isn't slick, clever and safe, it's hot, stupid and dangerous, and slick and "powerful" in that peculiarly West Coast way that used to be showcased on "Six Feet Under." The characters chatter bitterly, like drunk screenwriters trying to one-up each other with demonstrations of hardboiled cynicism about life but then rallying at the last minute to exhort each other to go forth into the world and Make a Difference.

- Sam - 2006-05-17 10:49:43