Movie #2 Crash

#2 1/9/05 and 1/10/05
MOVIE: CRASH (2005)
Drama
Setting: Los Angeles – Present Day
CAST: Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Matt Dillon, Ryan
Phillippe (biggest names I am familiar with) but many more wonderful
performances
RATING: A-
WHERE SEEN: Home
SEEN WITH: John
DVD EXTRAS: Not viewed, wasn't interested in those offered
REASON FOR VIEWING: Reviews, particularly recent Ebert and Roeper Best
of 2005 having it as #3 and #1 respectively
COMMENTS: Wow! Do you think you're not racist? Do you really?
This is a movie about racial stereotypes -- all types from many points
of view. A black man calling his half Puerto Rican half El Salvadoran
girlfriend Mexican to a Persian (Iranian) being thought of as a Arab
and the Persian thinking a Hispanic man was out to cheat him, to the
more common prejudices. Even characters in the movie who thought they
weren't prejudiced found out they were. Really a must see!! I gave
this a mark off for the a plot point at the end but otherwise it was a
terrific film that had me saying "Omigosh" several times out loud
during the film.