I was looking forward to this film....and it didn't disappoint!!!

Rating: 10/10 (17 April 2006)

I was nagging at my mate for ages to go watch this film none of them wanted to...saying its low budget rubbish! Yes it was low budget but proved beyond doubt that if correctly casted and directed you don't need money to make a great film....I have seen Capote, Walk the Line, Brokeback Mountain this year and thought all were exceptional and this was in that bracket!! it fully deserved its Oscar for best picture and was intriguing from 1st to last minute!!! I'm not Matt Dillons biggest fan and believe him to be quite a wooden actor but he performed brilliantly in this as did most of the cast who aren't all renowned for their cutting edge acting....but in this case all were superb!! Acting aside the film deals with racism and stereotyping terrificly, and confronts some difficult issues with apparent ease. I admit I held certain prejudices before this film and admit I still do to a point but this film changed my opinion in so many ways to so with race related issues. If more films were brought out like this the world would be a better place. It a truly inspiring film and really serves a vision of how life could be if everyone was as open minded as the cast eventually portrayed and how just simple little things can make our lives and society in general a safer and more amazing place.
My 10/10 score I feel is justified as the film itself is superb, the story is wonderful and the cast are brilliant!! even Ludicrous was pretty good albeit a very safe role, but still very decent! one word...WOW!