Hate Crime
Image Entertainment | Release Date: March 16, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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8
Negative:
0
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The story is sometimes overwritten, often overwrought, includes an overheard conversation on the "Nancy Drew" level, and yet holds our attention and contains surprises right until the end. Read full review
50
VarietyLael Loewenstein
An apt follow-up to the two Matthew Shepard-themed movies that aired on TV in 2002. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJorge Morales
When Hate Crime confounds expectations, it transcends the whodunit-of-the-week template. On the other hand, when the plot gets lost in irrational revenge fantasies, you'll wish you had stayed home watching reruns. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Stovall's film could have been a little shorter and a lot tighter. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderAlbert Williams
This melodrama by writer-director Tommy Stovall has a good premise, but he undercuts it with contrived plot twists, pedestrian pacing, and mostly two-dimensional characters. Read full review
40
Film ThreatFelix Vasques Jr.
It sadly really never lives up to the potential and excellence it's really capable of. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
With a little more subtlety - and a lot less predictability - the movie might have played more like a thoughtful drama and less like an outrageous exercise in wish fulfillment. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
A well-meaning but hopelessly stilted melodrama, Hate Crime sacrifices good intentions with its mediocrity of execution. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
The road to moviegoing hell is paved with well-intentioned queer cinema, and Hate Crime is a red stone on that path. Read full review
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