Oh sure, get all stoic about “Crash” — give us the “Crashers” any day. Come on, admit it: You laughed so hard throughout this slick Hollywood entertainment that you embarrassed yourself. And in picking out the most memorable moment … where to start? The great “Shout!” dance montage? The night when Jeremy (Vince Vaughn) is strapped to a bed and continually molested (trust us if you didn’t see it; it’s hilarious). Jane Seymour’s great turn as a lascivious mother of the bride?
We picked the scene below because it highlights Vaughn’s great manic magic as Jeremy, a louche you should hate, but can’t. As Stephanie Zacharek wrote last year, “He gets laughs by keeping us a little tense — there’s something about him that makes us wonder if he’s going to blow at any minute … his deadpan audacity is so big it practically explodes the confines of the screen.”
