Crash Review (DVD)

Somehow this movie pulled off the upset and the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was a pretty good movie and I really can't compare it to the other nominees except for Munich (Walk the Line should have been nominated instead of Munich). Crash seemed to be similar to PT Anderson's Magnolia with all of the different intersecting characters that come together in the end, but it wasn't as offbeat. I bet the Academy liked the social commentary and message for change that Crash presented. The overall cast is very good and I thought Ludacris did a good job as did Matt Dillon. Crash is a pretty good movie, but I'm not sure it lives up to the Best Picture hype that it will start getting. The storyline is fairly intricate and the way the story unfolds is well done. The messages in the movie are told in a subtle fashion and it makes you think about how hate breeds hate. Crash does make you want to make changes in yourself and it shows how all of the human interactions we go through every day can make a big difference.

Crash = Above average rental