Crash (Paul Haggis)

The depression that I was left with after this film was a merit of the movie's quality. The explicit racisms, the repeating pattern of coincidental plot twists felt like several Hardy and Dickens texts all rolled into one. I would say both that it is a 'must see' and also that I feel reluctant to rate it. This is because, to quote a dear friend, this is a 'harrowing' watch. So when I say eight and a half I would be using the score less to mark it for entertainment value and more for the challenge this work posits to a wide range of taboos and prejudices.