Uplifting story with outstanding performance by Denzel Washington

Rating: 10/10 (5 February 2000)

"Here comes the story of Hurricane . . ." So begins the Dylan song. This movie starts where the Dylan song leaves off with flashbacks to the crime and Hurricane's past. Although the story itself - of a young boy and his strange Canadian mentors whose single-minded tenacity and love do what all the celebrities couldn't do: free Carter - is fascinating, it is the amazing performance of Denzel Washington that gives the movie its heart and soul. No one else could have made this unbelievable story come to life. Washington deserves an Oscar for this one.