“Crash” has many characters as protagonists connected together by events, and is a story of each of their lives, and how they are influenced by their race, language, baggage, perception and prejudice. We see obvious perverts, and then we see the flip-side. Done beautifully, this film derives a lot of it’s meat from the concept that everyone is human, and will judge and be judged. Here is Ebert’s review.

The “Longest Yard” is a “TT” film. There’s a good guy, there are bad guys, and we root for the good guy as he rubs the villain’s nose in the mud. Nice ! Besides I like Adam Sandler, he exudes a down-to-earth attitude combined with a quirky sense of humor. “Sahara” is an adventure, very Indiana Jones like, where the protagonists hunting treasure atop a sunken ship, fight the villains in different locales interspersed with the blowing up of boats, encounters with fighters on horses, and the firing of an age old (couple of hundred years) cannon. Again of the TT variety.

“Guess who” and “Monster-in-law” were the hammier films, on dealing with issues of color, and obnoxious kith and kin respectively. Watchable but only just. “Coach Carter” was the heart warmer, based upon the true-story of an African-American coach trying to rouse his community to a better future, and willing to stand by his ideals.