Crash

By Harry Mcphaul

Crash was a truly inspiring film.  It depicted racial stereotypes in many different facets.  The overall story was about shedding light on common situation that cause racism.  In it being this way there was no main character who you could easily tell was the protagonist.  Having the many different subplots that were effective would not have been possible with an excellent acting ensemble.

          Most films that have numerous talented actors are normally terrible.  It is often difficult for me to view this people in supporting roles because of the presence they bring to each one of their films.  However, in Crash I did not get the same feeling.  Each story line felt like its own individual movie which helped to deter me from that sense I get that every one of those actors is in a lead role.  Another reason I liked this film was because of the subtly. 

          The film does a great job in showing how people can become closed minded when meet someone new.  For instance once Sandra Bullock’s character finds out her locksmith is Hispanic she demands that her husband fire him because he cannot be trusted.  The locksmith (Michael Peña) turns out be one of most likable characters.  Bullock’s character fails to learn anything about him which shows that once she has a negative judgment about a person it is difficult to change her mind.  This was just one example but many of the scenes follow this same principle.

          Crash was a film that I would definitely recommend.  After watching it in school I think that every high school student should see this film at some point in their academic career.  It can teach people about how to not form judgments about other people before you even know anything about them.  This film is unquestionably in my top 5 films of all time.  I would give it a 9.8 out of 10.