A movie about racism that a racist would make

Rating: 8/10 (20 December 2012)

I get the impression that I was watching a different movie to the majority of other people I know who have seen this film. There is not one second of honesty or integrity in this picture. It is a movie that lets people believe they have sat through something thoughtful, despite the fact the film never asked them to think once. On the positive side, this movie has heart and good intentions, which is more than can be said of most. However any resonance or authenticity is lost in screenplay gimmickry, preachiness and manipulative direction. It's efforts to "say" something are simplistic at best. The movie tries to pack in somany issues that all it can do is scratch the surface, hence it is a shallow film populated by one-note characters behaving in mostly unbelievable ways. . This film promotes so many racist stereotypes that it is shocking that any person in their right mind would consider it any sort of achievement in the important subject of race relations in America.