loved it, people call it pretentious but pretentiousness really interests me

Um bom filme que mostra o quanto estamos interligados e o "quão pequenos somos em nosso mundinho"...

Very constructed. But it does have really ace moments. Like the racist cop, casting away all personal bias, when a higher sense of duty calls.

This movie is what is wrong with Hollywood today. Pretentious pandering to guilty white liberals.

Perhaps my love for this has gone down through the year, but there are several really good performances among the pretentious script.

Visually, this is a very pretty, at times even impressive, film. However, the screenplay is so terribly flawed that it is very easy to miss the good parts of this film. This is way too forced and way to melodramatic to seem even remotely plausible. Unless you've been living under a rock, you are aware that racism exists, and even then a simple reminder could have been in order -not a slap in the face.

"If you wanna send a message, hire Western Union." Haggis directs as if he were Stanley Kramer risen from the grave. A simplistic treatment of the complexities of race relations.

spare me, please!

One scene'll be preachy, patronising, manipulative trash - the next, sincere and genuinely moving. It reminds me of the interpretive dance scene at the beginning of Talk to Her, except Paul Haggis puts the chairs in front of his frenzied, misguided ideas. BUT, it's so rare that a scene can send a shiver down the spine. Twice.

This was good, but rather overrated. I mean, come on, does anyone really think that racist tossers hate everyone, including their elderly fathers who can't take a piss? Top marks for highlighting the complexity of bigotry, but big minuses for to much pretentious preaching and stereotyping. And was it just me or was the snow metaphor just one step too far beyond the edge?

An awesome multi layered drama. The cast is superb

A movie that is meant to be appreciated rather than enjoyed.

I really didn't care much for the cliché-humping in this. Acting was solid though.

Just my favourite movie. Great Story about racism in USA. Very emotional.