yeah it makes more sense now why Ebert picked it as his top... right after a film festival that was held here in town back in October, I read that the jury pick for best film was a movie that I had liked ok but was clearly not the best movie showing. So i asked one of the programmers of the fest (also on the jury) and she said that most times, the movie that wins the awards isn't necessarily the best movie but the movie that the jury most wants to win the award. That could mean that it's a movie that really needs distribution so even though the movie that already has a deal is better, they pick the one that needs the help. It's sounding like Ebert picked Crash because he agrees with its message and wants as many people as possible to see it because he thinks it can change people. No harm in that I guess... i mean he IS Ebert, pretty much the only big name critic left... Hustle & Flow was like 20 times better though
for real