Sabin wrote:Bullock strikes such a sour note to me on the basis of her horrible scene of redemption at the end; I swear, her maid is probably thinking "Take...your hands...off of me...white bitch."
frankly speaking, i HATED Bullock in Crash... her 'white b*tch' character totally puts me off... so i guess, that's why i'm giving her some kudos for her performance...
and yes, in that redemption scene of hers, i could see her maid thinking like that... but that's only because humans don't usually forgive and forget that easily in real-life... it would definitely requires more than just a tight hug to reconcile our differences... but that tight hug is a start and Bullock conveys that message well in that scene...
i prefer Howard's wife in the film as the best performance in Crash... the scene whereby she was stucked in an overturned car and then rescued by her previous molestor certainly provided her with room for displaying histrionics... and now that Lionsgate has sent out DVD screeners to a huge number of guild members, i can foresee her sneaking into the Oscar race afterall... still, i might be proven wrong... we'll see how it pans out eventually...
if given a choice between Roberts performance in Erin Brockovich and Notting Hill, i'd choose the former... cause she was simply playing herself in the latter... this does not imply that i support her Oscar win for i would prefer to see Linney win instead that year...
correction, McGrath was nominated for Bullets Over Broadway...