neat but not good.

Rating: 4/10 (15 October 2005)

okay this movie is a good movie. its well made and has a perfectly selected cast that acts well withing their range of talent. where this movie fails is in the writing. its a grossly over- simplified look at racism and it only shows the worst of circumstances. i don't want to give anything away so i will just say that in every instance of conflict there is a clash or race. many of these conflicts are not racial however. the same situation would play out if it had been between two people of the same creed the only difference would be that they would most likely not use racial slurs or at least not the same ones they do use. all in all i guess i would recommend this but at the same time i feel that it does more to spread the flames of racism and blow them out of proportion in order to make a moving story. THIS IS NOT some great film to show the plight of the minority in modern day America. Steinbeck this is not its just Hollywood.