This one goes on my All-Time-Top-Ten list

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2005)

I've seen this movie three times so far. Everyone I know who has seen it raves about it. The theme is racism, but what is compelling is that it's a great story -- Haggis has a screenplay that is superb. I was caught up in this movie from beginning to end -- continuously surprised and intrigued. Don't try to over-analyze the "message" of this movie, just let it happen. The scene between the Hispanic father and his daughter when she is hiding under the bed, frightened, is an instant classic. I read that this movie was made for $6.5 million, and the screenplay was written on spec, yet the result is the most gripping movie of the year. I enthusiastically recommend it to everyone I talk to.