The reviews are elsewhere and I'm not going to give away
much of the story as many net reviewers tend to do.

Crash contains a full range of emotions for the viewer to
experience from laughter to shock. A smaller picture like this
and ones such as _Monsters Ball_ (to which I think it has some
afinity) get recognized by the critics and the awards outfits
as a 'good taste' films. The good taste film is something that
H'wood is obiligated to do about once a year or so as a break
from making fantasies about killing the demons (the
war in iraq) or historical epics about Crusades into foreign
lands (the war in Iraq).

Crash has to be considered a good taste film, even though it deals
extensively with the important subject of modern-day racism.

My big beef with the film which is admirably written by
Paul Haggis (_Million Dollar Baby_, _Red Hot_ -- one of my faves--
and others) is that he has gone to the same well that other
H'wood good taste film makers have dipped in all too often.

The well in this example is a plot line in which all (too many)
characters are interweaved in a way that we, the audience,
are supposed to perceive as being clever.

Well, if *I* can spot this similarity, you probably will to.

Crash is a worthwhile film for the emotional content. Just be
advised that if it looks slightly familiar to other recent
releases, that's because it is.

• Crash promo at IMDb