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One of my all time favorites.

Fantastic!

Boring

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Within 5 minutes I thought: bleeh, sentimental crap. Perfectly nice normal gay couple, everybody in the neighborhood behaves normal too, the weather is bright, then an intolerant neighbor - from one of those extreme right Christian churches - moves in and things go wrong. Cry, cry. Well, not exactly. Things become more complicated, there are two nice twists and there is a quite satisfactory revenge. As the movie continues the scenes become more challenging, the characters more realistic and the acting better. Hate Crime is far from perfect - a lot of criticism in other reviews is correct. Still it's worth seeing once. Just make sure you survive the cringing beginning.

I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked this movie up at my local vid outlet. I must admit that I'm not a fan of most "gay cinema" (even though I'm a 37 y/o gay male), and find it to be mostly filled with bad acting, bad production and too many political/social agendas preaching about "equality and blah blah blah" and overloaded with cheesy stereotypes. Fortunately that was NOT the case with this incredible film. The acting, production, cinematography, storyline and casting were all dead-on. No stereotypes here. No disco dollies, no exstacy queens, no group of bar hopping, sex seeking lushes with gym buffed bodies on display. This was a film dealing with people in the 2000's, living in a world with a supposedly increased tolerance level and how even though the majority may speak loudly, sometimes even the smallest kink can cause the most damage. I was riveted and moved to tears, taken on an emotional roller-coaster ride that left me angry in some parts, crying in others and shouting in support of what was happening in others. I rarely (if ever) have found many movies to move me the way this one did. Not a pity story. Not a "Gay" story. This is a human drama, a thriller with twists you can't see coming and an ending that leaves you with the NEED to talk to someone about it. SEE THIS FILM, and tell someone else to see it. With all the empty Hollywood blockbusters coming out, this film stands above them all by having a cast of fine actors, fully realized, 3 dimensional characters, and a storyline that's completely believable. Lose yourself for 90 minutes and let this edge of your seat movie take you away..... Just have some Kleenex handy. You'll need it.

Greating's from Toronto. I went to see Hate Crime a couple times while it played here.The questions and answers do not lie in whether or not it is a "GAY FILM" or a "Gay Guy Get's Revenge".It's about yet another "Religious Based Hatred ". As a gay community we had better start holding our Faith Leader's accountable for the continued festering of bias, intolerance,social injustice.And as a straight community you ought to take a close look at what your children are being led to believe ,wheather at school,home ,church,or socially.Hate Crime is a brilliant depiction of the times we continue to live in,with Religious intolerance and condemnation of anyone or anything that does not fit in with the strategy of Divine power and control.Are we not strong enough as a people and one race under humanity to insist that our Religious Leader's and politicians 'practice what they preach '.Good on Hate Crime.People ,who are teaching your children to hate ?Not the gay community. I would urge anyone from Toronto to LA ,see or at least research Hate Crime.Judge it for how it makes you feel about where we are socially.Take one week and listen to people all around you as you live your life.Explore what makes people say ,i hate him ,her,it ,they .Go back and read about or see Hate Crime again.Are your original feelings or fear's your's or did someone teach you them?It's easy to hate and i believe Hate Crime will force you think LIKE IT OR NOT.

I saw this film at the North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and found it to be very good (even if sometimes somewhat predictable). Within the first 15 minutes or so, I had figured out who committed the crime.While I found the film to be of good quality, I also found it to be a bit disturbing. It seemed to want to show real Christianity as a stark contrast to hate-mongering fundamentalism, and for that it should be praised. But while it took great effort to show that there are Christians who aren't filled with hate and intolerance, it seemed to glorify attempts at revenge. I found the incongruency to be quite disturbing.It'd be a really good conversation starter.