Movie Review: Crash
Holy crap, am I emotionally exhausted! Everything about this film was solid. The story, the acting, the directing, the script. But I spent the last half of the film in tears of one form or another. Nothing like Dancer in the Dark sobbing, but crying all the same. And it wasn't necessarily sad, just really really depressing.
To say the movie is about racism would be missing the point. It's about relationships and how we interact. How our upbringing and our circumstances affect how we connect with people. It's beautiful and ugly at the same time.
***SPOILER ALERT***
OK, so it's not really a spoiler, but it was a complete shock to me. So if I was reading this blog and hadn't seen the movie yet, I would not want to know this bit of information. My favorite scene was between Dist. Atty. Rick Cabot and Karen, played by Brendan Fraser and Nona Gaye. It was at the end when he was on the phone with his wife, played by Sandra Bullock. As he's getting off the phone, he says "I love you, see you in 20 minutes", but he's looking at Karen. He gets on the elevator and she stays behind to wait for the next one. In that moment of no speaking, just exchanged glances, the audience realizes they're having an affair. That he was going to go some place with her, but because of what happend to Jean, he had to go home. It is never spoken of or alluded to, except in that split second. Spectacular! It makes me want to go back and watch all of their scenes to see if I can spot any hints.
I highly recommend this film. Just be aware that it's intense. Or maybe that was just the mood I was in--everything devastated me. Molly is going to watch it, so I will report back on how she felt, in case it's not just me.
Holy crap, am I emotionally exhausted! Everything about this film was solid. The story, the acting, the directing, the script. But I spent the last half of the film in tears of one form or another. Nothing like Dancer in the Dark sobbing, but crying all the same. And it wasn't necessarily sad, just really really depressing.
To say the movie is about racism would be missing the point. It's about relationships and how we interact. How our upbringing and our circumstances affect how we connect with people. It's beautiful and ugly at the same time.
***SPOILER ALERT***
OK, so it's not really a spoiler, but it was a complete shock to me. So if I was reading this blog and hadn't seen the movie yet, I would not want to know this bit of information. My favorite scene was between Dist. Atty. Rick Cabot and Karen, played by Brendan Fraser and Nona Gaye. It was at the end when he was on the phone with his wife, played by Sandra Bullock. As he's getting off the phone, he says "I love you, see you in 20 minutes", but he's looking at Karen. He gets on the elevator and she stays behind to wait for the next one. In that moment of no speaking, just exchanged glances, the audience realizes they're having an affair. That he was going to go some place with her, but because of what happend to Jean, he had to go home. It is never spoken of or alluded to, except in that split second. Spectacular! It makes me want to go back and watch all of their scenes to see if I can spot any hints.
I highly recommend this film. Just be aware that it's intense. Or maybe that was just the mood I was in--everything devastated me. Molly is going to watch it, so I will report back on how she felt, in case it's not just me.
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