See it.

Rating: 10/10 (6 May 2005)

Do not read further until you have seen this movie.
This film is a social commentary, and not just on the obvious overtones of race and social divisions, but on how people interact with each other. It is best summed up in Graham's (Don Cheadle)first words, which I will not paraphrase here out of a sense of accuracy.
It is the attention to detail found within simple situations which this film uses to connect with the soul. Watching Daniel (Michael Anthony Peña, in a role sure to get his photograph on the IMDb) carefully and meticulously tie an imaginary cloak on his Daughter (Ashlyn Sanchez in her first big screen appearance) is an echo of the care Paul Haggis has used to sculpt this story. This film certainly shows that whatever his success in television, he can make powerful use of the big screen.