Just my opinion!

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 2002)

I don't consider myself a critic in the true sense of the word, but I have seen thousands of movies from indie to blockbuster and this is in my top 5!!! Ed Norton SHOULD have won for this role but I guess a nomination will have to suffice. I have never seen an actor portray such anger and hatred WITHOUT the use of words, everyone who has seen the movie knows the scene I am referring to...... and to those that haven't seen it yet..... you'll know it when it happens. Ed Furlong does an excellent job in a supporting role which shows he has grown up since his Terminator 2 days, and seeing Bev D'angelo so gritty threw me for a loop. We ain't watching a Vacation movie anymore.....
American History X deals with centuries of racism in about an hour and a half but does it intellectually, without choosing sides but including the violence and raw human terror that has accompanied the black-white debate over the years.
I consider this movie a defining movie of the decade and potentially of all time........