Crash

Pros: Acting, screenplay, direction

Cons: Not everybody will appreciate the message of the film

The Bottom Line: Watch. Look. Listen.

Review: Everybody has moments of uncertainty about others. Every day, people test the humanity of others in ways seldom noticed right away. Yet, they are noticed, and these incidents register in the back of the mind. One of the key ways humanity is tested in ...

Pros: stellar cast, excellent writing, doesn't hold back from subject matter

Cons: will confuse some people

The Bottom Line: As lives crash into each other, the prejudice that bubbles below the surface in many people becomes apparent in an excellent piece of filmmaking from Paul Haggis.

Review: Racism is prevalent in society today. It's not as overt as the white-hooded figures of the past, but it's pften there bubbling just below the surface. The Academy Award winning film Crash will make many people uncomfortable as it shows ...

Pros: Great stories, great acting, directing, music and cinematography

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: If you like thought-provoking films that go beyond the hum-drum, this movie is for you.

Review: I went to see "Crash" today with almost no prior knowledge about the film. I actually prefer to this as opposed to seeing trailers that tell me half of the story before I see the film. I knew who was in the movie: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheedle, Matt ...

Pros: Everything.

Cons: Nothing.

The Bottom Line: is thinking.

Review: The last movie to make me cry was T he Passion of the Christ. Obviously some people are seriously going to question why that was, but eh... I just let myself get into movies. I rarely sit around think of ways to ...

Pros: Direction; Performers; Message

Cons: The spoken words will be too much for some

The Bottom Line: Crash is a very good flick, full of intensity, shock, and unpredictability.

Review: It seems like I have had my fill of ordinary movies as of late. I have watched remakes of old classics; predictable dramas; and comedies riddled with cliché’s and weak humor. For these reasons, it was a refreshing change when I decided to rent ...

Pros: Involving.

Cons: Perhaps too much.

The Bottom Line: The new Bonfire Of The Vanities, done right this time.

Review: It is possible to look at Paul Haggis's new film Crash as being possibly one of several things. You can look at it as a treatise on racism in America and how it affects everyone. You can look at it as an LA crime story with connecting threads. You can ...

Pros: Tough, gritty look at a reality we all shun to see.

Cons: A great teaching tool for the very young if it weren't so blunt.

The Bottom Line: A serious movie that takes a hard look at something we overlook- at our peril.

Review: A few years ago (1991) there was a very fine but largely ignored film directed by Lawrence Kasdan about life among people of various races living in modern Los Angeles, California. This little gem of a film was Grand Canyon. It had several very ...

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Review: Paul Haggis' topical film "Crash" opens with Don Cheaddle in the driving seat of a car on a rainy night explaining to his passenger opposite him his take on why there is so much violence and interracial tension in the city of L.A. "It's the sense of ...

Pros: multi-faceted characters, realistic situations and interactions, poignant storylines, powerful acting and directing

Cons: not for the faint-hearted or those overly concerned with being politically correct

The Bottom Line: unflinching, starkly realistic portrayal of racial prejudice in all its many, ugly, forms; addresses a problem few care to acknowledge, with intelligence, insight, humour and compassion

Review: Rarely have I encountered such a powerful and thought-provoking movie as ‘Crash’. Canadian Paul Haggis (who wrote the screenplay for Best Picture Oscar winner Million Dollar Baby) co-wrote ‘Crash’ with Bobby Moresco. In his capacity as ...

Pros: superb cast, absorbing story, emotional

Cons: irony too tightly knit

The Bottom Line: Few films hit the emotional nerve the way "Crash" does when you least expect it.

Review: Paul Haggis' "Crash" is a powerful film that intertwines several stories about people of different races and nationalities, all encompassing a common theme of racism. In a sometimes obvious though often subtle way, each of the many characters displays ...