Individuals in the media and elsewhere are realizing that Crash was designed to make whitey feel better about racism in general. Here's my opinion on the film.
I have no problem with the talented actors who crowd this film. The story is implausible. Overall message, we are all racist but really, really good super nice, too! In brief, the white DA, his wife, and young racist cop get or get away with everything they want. Both the African-American Detective and the TV Producer sacrifice their integrity to keep their jobs and their white bosses happy. The store owner gets away with attempted murder as the Locksmith does not call the police after his daughter---wearing a magical protective cloak---is shot in the back by blank bullets. (I know.) The TV producer's wife is molested by a white racist cop... the following day they meet again (fortuitous) so the cop can save her in order to redeem himself. She disappears from the film (until a tidbit at the end) as her role in HIS redemption is complete. The racist cop sacrifices his own father's help because he does not seem to realize what an ER is for and he sabotages his Father's medical care on order to punish a HMO worker for taking jobs of whites...how many times have you seen that one on TV? Speaking of rip-offs, the DA's wife actually steals from Driving Miss Daisy when she inexplicably says to her maid, "You're my best friend." Most of all, Ludikris smiles smugly after he releases illegal immigrants the back of a van he stole from a human-trafficker he drove over earlier in the film. That smug smile is for the viewer share with the carjacker: a sense of.."ah, we are all such good people, and its good to know that racism is still a problem, but we can all get along can't we?" try saying "I think we Crash into each other,just so we can touch each other," three times without laughing out loud. Then, after your next car accident, let you insurance company know you were just reaching out to touch the other driver. Forget DUI, sleeping, talking on the cell, or slick roads as causative. Crash and burn!!!!
If you think Crash is a great message film ...,"You embarrass me, you embarrass yourself!!" BTW, the next time you are being carjacked, try that line and see what happens..better have your magic cloak on just in case!