I too just saw ??Crash,? and now I am numb, emotionally drained and all cried out, well almost. There??s a scene that still gets to me when I think of it even after the fact.
I needed to be entertained and after seeing this particular movie get an Oscar for best picture I thought I would see for myself what all the hoopla was about.
Big mistake, I wasn??t entertained at all and came away from the movie very disappointed in that respect. I mean how entertaining can everyday be? Just another day in LA is what I saw; just another day in California ? in America, is what I saw.
Big mistake, because I was held up to a mirror the entire time, because I saw myself and my neighbor and my mailman.
I came away from this movie feeling ? sullied.

But there is always a glimmer of hope. ??? it was a good cloak.? You??ll need to watch the movie to understand the quote.
I can see why it reaped the awards that it did, but on the whole it was nothing out of the ordinary. I can sum the movie up in three words: Life??s a bitch. Even better, two: Reality sucks.
A very Oscar worthy movie.
Not a movie I want to see again though as I see this stuff on TV every day and down the street and in my newspapers, in the apartment across the way and in our schools ?
Would I recommend this movie?
That would be a resounding ??Yes,? not only rent it but buy it and watch it over and over again lest you forget, how quickly things can change ?
A very powerful movie.
And, "Yes" it was very stereotypical but it called it like it really is.
Just my two cents.