Just don't see it

Rating: 1/10 (29 March 2006)

Despite the fact that there are some good acting moments in this film, it is nothing more than a gloried movie of the week. It has structural flaws-serious ones- that even Haggis points out ( I think he's laughing inside at all the adoration). There is no third act, it becomes a music video--which explains part of its popularity--it must be confusing if you grew up on MTV to tell the difference between that and a real movie. The racial issues get very superficial treatment. One well known Los Angeles African-American activist called it "shallow and dangerous". I couldn't agree more. This is the limousine liberal view of racism. "Why cant we all just get along?" You want to watch a movie about racism, see "Do the Right Thing". You wanna see an Altman movie, see "Short Cuts". This film stans up to neither.