"Crash" review

9 out of 10 stars. Really good movie.

I had heard very little about this movie when it came out and very little from friends who had seen it other than, "You should see this movie, it's really good" but I didn't even know what it was about. I knew it was one of those movies that has a big cast and follows how each person is interconnected, but I thought it about a car crash and how everyone was affected by that. There's a line at the very beginning of the film said by Don Cheadle's (another incredible acting job by him) character that says:

"It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something."

This really sets off the whole film, which is more about racism than anything else. It reminded me of a really hard hitting Spike Lee movie, but instead of just using the black/white racism found in his films, this one was racism viewed from all different cultures about all different cultures. Overall it is a really powerful film with an incredible cast that really makes you feel what the characters are feeling. There are a couple lines and scenes in the movie that are almost like a punch in the gut and leave you shocked. I also have to give props to Sandra Bullock in this film who plays a rich middle aged white woman who is an angry racist. She does an amazing job and I have to respect her for having the courage to take that part and play it up the way she did.

The movie is definitely a drama, far from the scope of comedy, and is not going to lift you up or anything, and you're not going to feel all warm and fuzzy after it's over. It's a powerful, hard hitting film and if you're in the mood for something like that, I would recommend it absolutely.