Truly one of the best movies of all time. Everybody needs to see it.

Rating: 10/10 (30 May 2005)

This movie was possibly one of the best movies I have ever seen. I will own it when it comes out simply for the ability to spread its message to people who have not seen it. When people ask me what it's about, I give a one word answer. Racism. Plain and simple, that's what it's about. We follow several different character stories, from a Persian family, a high class black family, 2 policemen, a detective, a DA and his wife, 2 young black adults, and a Hispanic man with his family. No character, save for the Hispanic man(possibly the best acting in the movie) is without flaw. This movie is brutally honest and shows the truth of our American society. It educates everybody that white people are not the only racist group in America. Racism takes form in all cultures, classes, and races. I have never seen better acting from any of these individuals, especially Thandie Newton and Sandra Bullock. Don Cheadle is right up there with his role in Hotel Rwanda. Ludicrous is surprisingly brilliant as a self righteous racist black man. I cannot name a single bad thing about this movie. It is heavy, but it really needs to be in order to be effective. There are some small comic reliefs to break up the tension, which are tuned and timed perfectly. I cannot express enough how worthwhile this movie is. High schools should show this movie to their students(unfortunately w/ permission slips due to it's R rating from nudity and language).