A film entirely about prejudice and consequence, it delves a lot deeper than I thought it would, as I – prejudiced as I was – had heard a lot about it, mainly critique saying that even though the film’s made to make people question their own readymade ideas that aren’t based on rational thinking, that’s exactly what it did. I’ll happily say I think those critics are wrong. In my opinion, the film points out prejudice in the viewer and yes, I’m one of the persons who thinks everybody is prejudiced about a lot of things, even though some of us may be scared to admit it at first. This film is a good step towards realising this, by plainly showing how racism, nationalism and other isms play a daily role in our lives. Fast-paced, catchy, horrible and funny, I strongly recommend it.

This film deserved the best film award. This is not a movie about racism—it’s a movie about how complex people are. It depicts racism, yes, but, more importantly, it shows that racism is not monolithic. We learn why the racist cop is racist, but then we see him rescuing the very black woman he molested the night before. We are forced to consider her quandary: to hate her molestor or to love her rescuer. We see the cop’s partner—who asked to be reassigned in protest—deal with the fact that he killed a black hitchhiker out of fear that the kid had a gun. We see the hardworking Hispanic locksmith who tries to help a Persian client nearly lose his daughter when the Persian man thinks the Hispanic locksmith took advantage of him. And, most poignantly, we see the black detective sell his integrity to save his brother’s life, without his mother ever acknowledging it. The movie is beautiful in its poignant portrayal of life, not as black and white but as shades of grey.

Plus, you get to hear Ludacris talk about how stupid hip hop is. If that doesn’t deserve an Oscar for Best Film, I don’t know what does.

I read some of these entries and most are love it or hate it opinion on the film. My boyfriend refuses to watch any Academy Award winning films and I don’t blame him.

This movie, like Babel (which I didn’t like), had many different situations that were interconnected (as is everything in life), but in a film it can get confusing.

The one scene where the cop makes a split second decision reminded me of something I read in the book Blink, our unconscious decisions in moments of rapid decisions…

I have a tendency to get into movies when I watch them and I just was in the moment and must have cried about half a dozen times.

There were some flaws…(and I don’t want to give anything away.) Usually we watch movies to escape reality not to be thrown into it but this movie depicted issues of racism. It was a dramatic, depressing, and poignant film.

I watched this a few weeks ago to get some race and ethnicity clips for my sociology project. Of course I found many clips that worked demonstrating racism, prejudice, discrimination, stereotypes, minority and dominant groups etc etc. Watching the movie as an actual film though I didn’t think it was that great. I could tell that it was trying to say a lot and have a big impact, but I felt like all the scenes were way too scripted. The acting seemed mechanical and the scenes lacked much feeling. I rated it worth consuming because it has a good message to it, but many people are aware and see these things in everyday life if you mix with other races and ethnicities frequently. Racism is not always so overt and dramatic as this movie makes it out to be. I feel like many people watching the movie may see it and think “oh it’s not that bad anymore”…but racism is still bad, it’s just not as overt as “old-fashion racism”. People are still racist and prejudice, and they still discriminate, they just do it more quietly now. It does not mean that it affects people any less, just that it is less socially accepted.

I rated this movie “worth consuming” because it does spark a lot of discussion, and people’s opinions vary wildly, so it’s worth watching to be able to join the debate.

I didn’t hate Crash, but I thought it had a lot of flaws. None of its racial observations were untrue, but neither were they very revelatory.

My complete review has spoilers.

I finally watched this movie today (thanks to Showtime + Tivo). It is very well done and packs in a lot of meaning, though it’s not an entirely pleasant film. I would say that this movie is about stereotypes, prejudice, racism, and xenophobia, as played out in Los Angeles. It looks at car crashes as a way to connect disparate lives in the city.

I finally watched this movie today (thanks to Showtime + Tivo). It is very well done and packs in a lot of meaning, though it’s not an entirely pleasant film. I would say that this movie is about stereotypes, prejudice, racism, and xenophobia, as played out in Los Angeles. It looks at car crashes as a way to connect disparate lives in the city.

This movie is so powerful… It evokes so much emotion. The storyline is great.

Ludacris even pulled off a decent character… Now, you know it’s a good movie when even a rapper does a decent job acting in it.

This movie is so real, I feel like I lived these lives. People of one race will NEVER know what it is like to live the life of another. This movie gets pretty close to showing us what it is like to walk a mile in another’s shoes.

First off, I have not seen Brokeback Mountain yet, so I can’t go into whether Crash deserved its Oscar for Best Picture of 2005. But I can say it is a powerful movie and very much worth seeing. The acting is superb, the dialog is edgy, it is tightly edited, and the soundtrack will blow you away.

The intertwined stories can be a little confusing. Many of them remain unresolved at the end, but that’s life, isn’t it? There were a couple of superb twists, like when the storeowner pulls the trigger after confronting the locksmith (Wow! Didn’t see it coming!), and when the car thieves open up the back of the stolen white van (Never had a clue!). It’s wonderful to see racism turned in against itself, and this film shows it in half a dozen vignettes. The cop who has to confront his own bigotry is especially poignant. And the last scene is perfect, showing how the cycle of racial tention just goes on, and on, and on, as long as we allow it to. Make no mistake: This is a message movie. It’s not easy viewing, but well worth it.

Let me get this clear- I’m not an american, and I’m not an immigrant (same to my parents). Still, racism is always in the air and I wanted to watch this to know how americans see it. What I found was a mixed up siquence of stories that some of them are connected to each other, and tries to say something about the way we spread racism by ourselves just like society makes it an ordinary matter. Not all the stories were interesting (the spanish and the niger, the mexican family and the black tv director), not all of them were developed enough to become really good (the rich woman, the racist policeman and his partner) and one of them actually filled something of the potential (the two thiefs). In the end there isn’t much new in this picture, everyone talks about racism and in the end everyone hugs each other.

Besides, jews, hello!!! How can u discuss racism without mentioning my always- haunted people?

I rarely like movies everyone else loves, but in this case, I do. Excellent cast, excellent performances, excellent examples of how we all have to make split-second decisions and how apparently, we all have our prejudices even when we think we don’t. Great, great movie.

Understandable why it won an Oscar, dealing with racism in LA. Made me roll my eyes in a few places but made by the scene where the girl runs to her dad.

Oddly enough, this was the only movie I got to watch that was nominated for Best Picture before the awards show—and it’s the one that won. A really thought-provoking film. The way everyone interconnects is fabulous. B and I both agree that we love Don Cheadle. Sandra Bullock says so many things in this movie that I hear on a daily basis—this movie is REAL.

Laughably, embarrassingly awful. How the hell did this win an Oscar?

made for people who really need to have a point beat into them, you know, until they’re bloody and losing consciousness. i guess it’s what you have to do to reach most people these days, but really i’d prefer something a bit more subtle. not a complete waste of time but i’m glad i rented as a netflix. imo, not worth shelling out $8+ to see.

I’d seen the movie on a friend’s VCR but we were too busy to pay any attention to it. I should give myself 100 lashes for not doing so, since after buying the Special Edition DVD, I love this movie and it had such a profound effect on me. Eventhough it’s told from a Los Angelos point of view, it’s world-wide in saying racism is in every part of the world and in everyone. I will not deny it in myself, but I hate when people say they aren’t or that their country hasn’t any, with is ridiculous. Anyway, this movie is not only engage for it’s storytelling, but it’s educational too.

Why not Best Picture? It had some pretty damned riveting performances. (Don Cheadle, Terrence Howard, Sandra Bullock out of character, Brendan Fraser finally offering a little weight, Matt Dillon as more than one-dimensional, Ludacris, Ryan Philippe as more than a big piece of fluff let loose in a big movie, etc…)

This movie seemed like an extended cops ’n lawyers TV show, and it brought nothing new to the drama of race relations in L.A. How could this have been the best picture of 2005?

Some one tell me what the hell are they talking about in this movie!!!! It is the mind-numbing experience of watching 7 movies at one go.

I must give it to the director though, for tying together each of the sub-plots, but man.. you gotta tell me something by the end of the story!!