Oh please...

Rating: Null/10 (30 August 2002)

Let me begin by saying that this is definitely a good movie and the performances are excellent. HOWEVER, this is hardly one of the best films of 2001. It is just too typical to really be considered "great." Denzel Washington is a great actor and his performance is very good and very much different from the roles he usually plays. HOWEVER, he did NOT deserve the Oscar for this role. Just because he played the bad guy and not the character that everybody loves, does not mean that he deserves an award. In Monster's Ball, Billy Bob Thornton plays both of those types of characters in the same movie, yet no one even considered him for the award. What a shame...