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Title: Hollywood tries serious social comment, and Crashes
Review: Not even Quentin Tarantino conspiring with Robert Altman could make this nasty, meretricious, one-note little film about racism in L.A. I could put up with the outrageous string of coincidences presented as plausible if there were some honest point being made, but the film traffics in the very stereotypes that perpetuate racism--the black carjackers, the Mexican maid, the Mideastern would-be assassin. It's also offensive in its blanket indictment--we're all racists, equally guilty--and loads the dice mercilessly to make that altogether false point. But to discuss the point of view of the film is to do it too much credit. The fine cast should all be embarrassed to have served up this swill.
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