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It's smart, therefore, that Haggis has written such novel, precisely observed, often unpleasant characters as the ones Bullock, Dillon, and Cheadle inhabit.
Enjoy the wonderful performances by a cast very committed to the cause.
[Has a] spirited and talented ensemble cast, which Haggis directs with sensitivity.
Haggis's drama is about much more than interlocking front-end collisions. It's about the way we learn, often badly, about one another and how it may take a bad confrontation to peel away the misperceptions.
This is the rare American film really about something, and almost all the performances are riveting. It asks tough questions, and lets its audience struggle with the answers.
While it's hard not to admire Haggis' ambition here, his lofty aspirations sapped Crash of any real ingenuity or emotional punch.
A film I intend to spend much of my life spreading the word about, because it deserves much talk and discussion among its viewers.
A hard-hitting film whose seemingly unconnected stories and characters intersect boldly, jolting us into a raw awareness of the volatility of ethnic mix in which we live.
The script by director Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco has a scolding air to it, and watching the movie is like taking a dose of castor oil -- probably good for us but not a lot of fun.
Powerful movie about racism, but too intense for kids.
Crash is, easily, one of the strongest American films in years. When it was over, I sat in my chair, shell-shocked in stunned silence, trying to sort out my tangled emotions.
The overall impression is vividly complex and provocative in the best sense.
Don't let yourself get carried away by the raves: Crash is solid but no masterpiece.
Mr. Haggis offers no easy answers, just hard questions.
a searingly powerful, at times transcendent, examination of a nation's culture, alienated from, and afraid of, itself.
A film teeming with solemn recognition of the nasty complexities of living in a multicultural society, and much of what remains unspoken racially in America being neatly shoved under a complacent rug.
A film teeming with solemn recognition of the nasty complexities of living in a multicultural society, and much of what remains unspoken racially in America being neatly shoved under a complacent rug.
For a violent film, it is inordinately humane and refreshingly unpredictable.
Easily, the best film of 2005!
This articulate and particularly poignant mood piece demands nothing of its audience, except for some brutally honest introspection about our unquestioned presumptions about the human condition. Easily, the best film of 2005.
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