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Crash (2005)
It's been a great year for movies. We're only half way through 2005 and already we've far exceeded 2004's crop of quality movies. Crash adds to the list of extremely watchable movies and is another surprise hit.
I enjoyed this film: I think the average moviegoer will enjoy it: Testosterone Satisfaction Rating: Jennifer Esposito briefly esposes a jenny fer us. To enjoy this film you should: watch and think.
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Where does one start with a film like CRASH, it has so many levels and so many actors as well as all the story lines.
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I knew exactly nothing about Crash when I saw it, except that it shares a name with a terrible David Cronenberg film
about shagging in bent cars. Watching the opening scenes, my heart sank as I begun to fear a shallow tirade about
racism - but oh how I was wrong. This film is about people and how they can look so very different when viewed
from another angle. We watch many characters live their independent lives as they criss-cross with each other,
drawing comparisons with Short Cuts, Magnolia and Pulp Fiction along the way.
We are cued up with one stereotype after another and one by one they are all
blown apart. Each character, even Sandra Bullock's, is given very little time as there are so many of them,
but it's plenty long enough
for the viewer to learn about them, thanks to the relentless rapidity of the screenplay and the skill of the
director Paul Haggis,
who produced and wrote the screenplay for 
Given the brevity of each mini-story, it's extremely impressive that we feel genuine emotion for all these
guys and girls and that we don't get confused by all the goings on. Sure, it can be tricky to remember who's who
at times - you can't drop your concentration for a moment or you'll lose a chunk of plot, so it's not one to see
with a talker. The story is intricate and compelling and the script and screenplay
are exceptionally well written, showing the vision of one man rather than a committee. Many surprises are dealt out,
some sad, some funny, some inspirational - none of them predictable. The acting is spot-on from most of the cast,
with particular note given to Michael Pena (Omar in 
Crash took me completely by surprise. It's clever, it's fresh and it makes me want to watch it again and again -
right now it's my favourite movie of the year. However I don't think it's going to do very well at the box office,
as you really have
to watch it and listen to it to get into its groove, and it's only when this effort is expended that it transforms
from a talkie into a fabulously crafted piece of art. Most people want clear-cut heroes and villains, a few cool
special effects and a story shorter than Jade Goody's list of qualifications. Crash ticks none of those boxes -
instead it's substantial and intelligent - and it suggests
that all of us could be the good or bad guy but for a roll of the dice. Viewers like to be shown who to cheer for
and so it won't get the financial success that it deserves. Hopefully though, it's destined
to become a movie remembered long after your crowd-pleasing blockbusters have been consigned to the obsolete pile.
It could just be this decade's Shawshank Redemption.
