History YMMV / Crash

** The movie attempts to sell the message that average, everyday people can harbor racist attitudes, but this message is stymied by the fact that half the cast is unlikeable for reasons unrelated to racism--sexual harassment, carjacking, being a demanding Karen, etc. This makes the message come off as less "Anyone can be racist" and more "People who are ''already'' jerkasses are more likely to be racist."

** The movie attempts to sell the message that average, everyday people can harbor racist attitudes, but this message is stymied by the fact that half the cast is unlikeable for reasons unrelated to racism--sexual harassment, carjacking, being a demanding Karen, etc. This makes the message come off as less "Anyone can be racist" and more "''People who are already jerkasses'' are more likely to be racist."

** The movie attempts to sell the message that average, everyday people can harbor racist attitudes, but this message is stymied by the fact that half the cast is unlikeable for reasons unrelated to racism--sexual harassment, carjacking, being a demanding Karen, etc. This makes the message come off as less "Anyone can be racist" and more "People are more likely to be racist if they're already jerkasses to begin with."

* BrokenAesop: Despite the film proudly bearing an obstinately anti-racist message, the only two Koreans of any real importance to the plot turn out to be slave traffickers. See also AsianDrivers on the main page.

* {{Glurge}}: As discussed by Creator/LindsayEllis in her review of ''Film/{{Bright}}'', citing many scholarly analyses, the film portrays racism as the actions of a few bigoted individuals, rather than the institutionalised and systemic problem some believe it to be. It's no wonder why people widely regard this as one of the worst Best Picture Oscar winners and even went as far as to call it "the worst movie of the 2000s", as writer Creator/TaNehisiCoates put it.

* HypeBacklash: It got a ''lot'' of this after it won Best Picture, especially since the film had come out long before the main awards season and many people had forgotten about it until the Oscars. It's not seen as a ''bad'' film exactly but many people feel its handling racism is at times clunky and shallow.

* BrokenAesop: Despite the film proudly bearing an obstinately anti-racist message, the only two Koreans of any real importance to the plot turn out to be slave traffickers. See also AsianDrivers above.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Farhad tries to kill Daniel, and nearly accidentally kills Daniel’s daughter, only failing because his own daughter made sure his gun was filled with blanks. Daniel had warned Farhad that his door was faulty when he redid the locks, but Farhad tried to kill him because he didn’t know who vandalized bis shop. Farhad Should be facing attempted homicide and reckless endangerment charges at the very least.

!! For the novel by J.G. Ballard and the 1996 film adaptation:

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/HollyHunter plays a woman with a chestnut bob haircut who just so happens to be named [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Helen]].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Mark Isham's "Sense of Touch" (based on the traditional Welsh song "Lisa Lam") plays throughout the film, including as its outro, and really sets the poignant tone that the movie is going for.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** Assuming you buy into the idea that the film won Best Picture over ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' because the voters wanted to go with the less controversial message movie, it became quite ironic when writer/director Paul Haggis left Scientology a few years later over their support of Proposition 8.
** Seeing Creator/TerrenceHoward and Creator/DonCheadle in a movie together, after the acrimonious circumstances of Cheadle taking Howard's role in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
** It's not the only time Creator/JenniferEsposito [[Series/BlueBloods would be a detective]].

* SoOkayItsAverage: General opinion of the film is that it's not bad ''per se'', but ultimately the controversy overhyped it significantly.

%%* SoOkayItsAverage: How some people react to the film nowadays.

* {{Glurge}}: As discussed by Creator/LindsayEllis in her review of ''Film/{{Bright}}'', citing many scholarly analyses, the film portrays racism as the actions of a few bigoted individuals, rather than the institutionalised and systemic problem some believe it to be. It's no wonder why people widely regard this as one of the worst Best Picture Oscar winners and even went as far as to call it "the worst movie of the 2000s" as Ta-Nehisi Coates put it.

-> ''"Plan the jihad on your own time, Osama"''
-> ''"And he's not going to sell our keys to one of his {{Gang Banger|s}} friends the moment we walk out the door."''
-> ''"Doper fucking Chinaman"''

* {{Glurge}}: As discussed by Creator/LindsayEllis in her review of ''Film/{{Bright}}'', citing many scholarly analyses, the film portrays racism as the actions of a few bigoted individuals, rather than an institutionalised and systemic problem. It's no wonder why people widely regard this as one of the worst Best Picture Oscar winners and even went as far as to call it "the worst movie of the 2000s" as Ta-Nehisi Coates put it.

* {{Anvilicious}}: One of the main criticisms against the film is that it dispenses Haggis' opinion on race very overtly, with its LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters seemingly doing [[AuthorTract nothing]] ''[[AuthorTract but]]'' [[AuthorTract talk about race]].

* {{Glurge}}: As discussed by Creator/LindsayEllis in her review of ''Film/{{Bright}}'', citing many scholarly analyses, the film portrays racism as the actions of a few bigoted individuals, rather than an institutionalised and systemic problem (as some claim it to be). It's no wonder why people widely regard this as one of the worst Best Picture Oscar winners and even went as far as to call it "the worst movie of the 2000s" as Ta-Nehisi Coates put it.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: It has nothing to do with the film (based on "Lisa Lan", a Welsh lament for a lost lover), and it is repeated ''way'' too much, but by itself, Mark Isham's "Sense of Touch" is ''beautiful.''

* {{Glurge}}: As discussed by Creator/LindsayEllis in her review of ''Film/{{Bright}}'', citing many scholarly analyses, the film portrays racism as the actions of a few bigoted individuals, rather than an institutionalised and systemic problem, in order to comfort the viewer and not have them think about their possible role in sustaining racism by passivity. It's no wonder why people widely regard this as one of the worst Best Picture Oscar winners and even went as far as to call it "the worst movie of the 2000s" as Ta-Nehisi Coates put it.

* {{Glurge}}: As discussed by Creator/LindsayEllis in her review of ''Film/{{Bright}}'', citing many scholarly analyses, the film portrays racism as the actions of a few bigoted individuals, rather than the institutionalised and systemic problem some believe it to be in RealLife, in order to comfort the viewer and not have them think about their possible role in sustaining racism by passivity. It's no wonder why people widely regard this as one of the worst Best Picture Oscar winners and even went as far as to call it "the worst movie of the 2000s" as Ta-Nehisi Coates put it.