the good represent the acting be great especially terrence howard and thandie newton . terrence howard should have be nominate for best support actor instead of matt dillon . the bad represent i be a visible minority ( non white ) and i have experience some form of racism in my life . but despite my life experience and the movie subject matter and i would definitely not say that this movie be the best of the year and in fact and it far from it . i have problem with this movie both from a moviegoer perspective and from a visible minority perspective . some of my problem with this movie arenegative . 1 ) poor character development ( or none at all ) . just because we saw extreme in a character and for example and matt dillon be a racist cop and be a good caregiver to his ail father and that do not mean in any way that the character be well developed . yes and i admit that in a big cast ensemble like in this movie and it be quite difficult for every character to be well developed and but that do not mean that at none of the character should be like that . ( 2 ) the dialogue seem really contrive to the point that i be really surprised this movie win for best original screenplay . they should show this movie in a screenplay write class not because it good but to show student and future screenplay writer what not to do . i just felt like i have be hit by the head over and over again how bad racism be . i get it . ( 3 ) the plot seem so coincidental and it be laughable . what be the chance of a black car robber run over an asian guy who also happen to be a human trafficker while enter his van and and that same black car robber end up carjack that asian guy van several hour later after he bring him the hospital and only to find out that the several asian be traffic inside the van just to show you that the black car robber have a good side after all . or and what about that scene where a prejudiced upper class white woman who fell down the stair and all her prejudice and hatred vanish into thin air . if it be that simple and why do not we throw every racist in america down the stair so they will have a change of heart . ( 4 ) i think my big misgiving about this movie be the unrealistic view of racism . a someone who have experience racism in my life and the realistic view of racism be that it be hidden rather than in your face . i have be refuse to enter a supermarket because i be not white . do the store owner say because i be not white . no and he say the store be close even though there be a lot of people shop inside . do he yell racial slur . no . racism in america be more hidden . some cab driver probably would not stop to pick you up because youre non white but that do not mean that they will try to run you over or get out and say racial slur . if a chinese woman rear end me and i would not be say blake . blake . learn some english bitch . on the other hand and if i be a chinese woman and i accidentally rear end a mexican woman and i would not say mexican be bad driver in front of her face . that not how thing work . instead and i would give out my insurance info and say sorry and and go home and tell my fellow chinese friend and family that mexican be poor driver and make fun of them behind their back . that be the real racism . it hide and not in your face . anyway and crash be not original unlike what some people may say . the interlocking and interweave story line and plot and and character have be do before . magnolia be a movie that do this much good than crash do and yet and it be never nominate for best picture at the oscar . it have a stellar cast julianne moore and william h. macy and phillip seymour hoffman ( who win best actor recently ) and tom cruise and etc . it really boggle my mind how crash be even nominate for best picture .