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Rating: Null/10 (27 January 2002)

The most interesting aspect of this film is the slip the filmmakers make at the end. In trying to bring the story full circle they show a flashback where the character played by Norton is given advice by his father. This is where they were trying to show how people learn prejudice from their parents (which is true to some extent, but not as prevalent as some would have us believe--many people actually become prejudice because of life experiences). The problem is that other than the injected racial slur, the father's advice is RIGHT ON TARGET! Think for yourself, read a book but make up your own mind about it. Don't let a teacher, book, media, whatever tell you what is absolute truth, take them all in and then see what passes the common sense test. Just because a book is from a liberal slant (as the one discussed in the film is) doesn't mean it is not flawed, didactic and propaganda also.