overrated

Rating: 5/10 (16 August 2006)

I have seen the film twice, I thought it was a weak film the first time around. Then everyone was raving about it and I went to see it again, just in case I might have overseen it's brilliance the first time.
I fail to see why this film was applauded so much. It is a standard film about racial issues and how way mankind nowadays views the world. I grow tired of films who stress the fact that it is a shitty world which we live in, fraught with prejudice and danger. Every plot-turn was predictable to the nth degree. The players give a decent performance but I couldn't help but feel that they were trying too hard to make the film "serious".
But it is a pretty good film to see if you want to waste 2 hours of your life.