Crash

2004

Director: Paul Haggis

Distributors: Lionsgate

Key Element: Message

My Review:

It’s sad the racism still exists in this country – but it does. This movie shows us that it mostly has to do with misunderstanding. We’re really not so different.

My favorite part is the story about the father who gives his daughter an invisible bullet-proof cape.

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Quotes:

• They think we're Arab. When did Persian become Arab?
• ...And it was my fault because I knew it was gonna happen. But if a white person sees two black men walking towards her and she turns and walks in the other direction, she's a racist, right?
• So she reaches into her backpack and pulls out this invisible cloak and she ties it around my neck. And she tells me that it's impenetrable. You know what impenetrable means? It means nothing can go through it. No bullets, nothing. She told me that if I wore it, nothing would hurt me. And I did. And my whole life, I never got shot, stabbed, nothing. I mean, how weird is that?
• His name's Saddam? Oh, that's great, Bruce. Yeah, I'm gonna pin a medal on an Iraqi named Saddam. Give yourself a raise, won't you?
• What the hell is wrong with you people? Uh-uh! Don't talk to me unless you speak American!
• Do you want to hear something funny? …you’re the best friend I’ve got.
• You embarrass me. You embarrass yourself.

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