Incredibly visceral movie

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2006)

A movie that was more than Oscar worthy (sorry Brokeback, Capote, etc.). This movie was many things, but it was never pretentious. I did not look for myself or for others in the characters but found us all in there. More importantly I found a movie that showed a side of humanity without preaching, without making it too "hollywood". Simply a movie that will haunt me more and more. There are a couple of scenes that will live with you forever. I had thought this would contain much in the way of "race baiting", but found that not only was this not the case it seemed to offer some genuine insight in to lives and into stereotypes that we use without thinking. I don't believe that it was mired in the typical wash of political incorrectness masquerading as good screen writing, it was instead simply a look behind all of the black, brown, white, and yellow faces that we see everyday. Who are we to judge those we do not know?