Directed by Paul HaggisStarring Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Tony Danza, Keith David, Loretta Devine, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Nona Gaye, Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Thandie Newton, Michael Pena, Ryan Phillippe, Bahar Soomekh, Larenz Tate, and Shaun Toub
I'll admit it. I was happy when Jack Nicholson read Crash instead of Brokeback Mountain on Oscar night. Seeing the film again a few times since then has made me realize how wrong I was to prefer this to Ang Lee's important, if flawed, film. Good Night, and Good Luck is actually my favorite film of the year, but that never seemed to have the support needed to win. Paul Haggis once again proves that subtlety is something he has never heard of in this self-righteous, heavy-handed, and contrived work. Matt Dillon turns in an interesting performance as a racist police officer, but the material he is given, like his castmates, is so absurd and preachy, that the performance becomes nearly irrelevant. This seems to be a movie I like less and less every time I see it, and I have a feeling that the Academy is disappointed that they made this an upset winner.
Other nominees: Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee), Capote (Bennett Miller), Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney), and Munich (Steven Spielberg)
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