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Title: A hackneyed ABC After School Special
Review: I wanted to like this movie. I really did. I had heard good things about it from friends, but in the end, I realized I'd seen every plot line and technique in the movie done before and done much better. "Short Cuts" meets "Do the Right Thing" meets "House of Sand and Fog" meets "Magnolia".Far from being touched, I was completely irritated that a couple of white guys (Haggis and Moresco) were preaching to me about racism with all the authenticity and subtlety of a hammer (apparently the one referred to in Haggis's acceptance speech).I for one don't appreciate a director insulting my intelligence with hackneyed cliches, laughable stereotypes and morality tales with all the moral complexity of an ABC After School Special.
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