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Saturday, May 14, 2005

Crash (2005)

Cast: Karina Arroyave (Elizabeth), Dato Bakhtadze (Lucien), totally amazing cast
For complete cast info, see IMDb's Crash page.

Wow... I was blown away by this movie. I've never seen a movie that confronts so many different types of stereotypes. Paul Haggis, who wrote and directed Crash did an amazing job at getting his point across. I can't imagine anyone leaving the theatre after seeing Crash and not thinking seriously about the issues addressed.

The tagline of Crash is pretty perfect: "You think you know who you are. You have no idea."

The characters are all tied together in ways that become apparent as the story unfolds and Crash is constructed very well. Many things in the movie caught me off guard and I think that it's great to bring these issues to the front of our consciousness.

This is definitely not a happy movie or one with a bright outlook. No movie that centers this much on prejudice could possibly be a happy movie. But movies aren't all about making you happy. Crash did exactly what it was intended to do - it brought out the horrible consequences of prejudice in our society and made everyone think.

I've really gone most of my life not seeing color or thinking in that way, which baffled Wayne (as some of you will remember). Crash made me (and I'm sure most people) very uncomfortable, which was the idea. I highly recommend this movie and hope that it can help people examine the problems with prejudice in our society.

Grade: A

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