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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 8, 2000
Pros: Execellent Story and Acting
Cons: Not a movie for everyone
Summary: Are you one of those people who love multi-million dollar flicks with eye-popping f/x? Do you love seeing you favorite "big-name" struggle on the silver-screen against their latest arch-nemisis? If you do then mark this movie off your list. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 8, 2000
Pros: awesome acting
Cons: very heavy movie
Summary: This was an awesome movie.
It was really intense and I like watching it. Edward Norton was the protagonist in this film and he definitly did an incredible job of acting in this superb movie. This movie has lots of incredibly sad scenes of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 20, 2000
Pros: Outstanding film. Directed and acted very well.
Cons: Not for the young.
Summary: Shocked, saddened, touched. These three words pretty much sum up my feelings after seeing American History X.
The film tosses us back and forth between Black and White, and full color shots. The color shots, are the now. The Black and White ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 15, 2000
Pros: Detailing a controversial subject.
Cons: Unnecessary nudity.
Summary: American History X taps viewers’ moral conscience and challenges them to stand in front of a mirror. The director Tony Kaye asks audiences their attitude on the issue of racism. Whether one stand for or against racism, one must acknowledge the fact that ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 30, 2000
Pros: Riveting Story About Big City Racism
Cons: Probably Will Never Have A Sequal
Summary: When this film first hit theaters I was skeptical about it’s content. I was sure it would be the white mans version of Boyz in the Hood. I was positive it would cause violence at theaters as did the “The Boyz”. Although I was intrigued as ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 21, 2000
Pros: very realistic
Cons: none
Summary: American History X is a breath taking, stunning, story of the real life of a neo-nazi. This movie has to be the most unforgettable movie i will ever see.
One of the most unforgettable movies ever this film takes a small look into the life of ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 24, 2000
Pros: Great Plot, Acting, Writing
Cons: Reinforces Negative Stereotypes
Summary: First off, I want to say that I enjoyed this movie. The acting was supurb, and the surprise ending actually caught me by suprise. My major beef with the movie was it's portrayal of Skinheads. Yes, some skins are neo-nazi's, unfortunatly, but many ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 16, 2000
Pros: Good acting
Cons: Bad use of violence and bad dialogue.
Summary: Amazingly I partook in the viewing of this movie on the same day as saw American Beauty, thussly it was a veritable "American" movie festival for me, how do I feel about this being a resident of the south continental continent of Australia? ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 12, 2000
Pros: Great acting and character development.
Cons: Nothing
Summary: Never before have I seen a movie with such power and emotion in such a short period of time. The story is of two brothers who are sucked into a neo-nazi group when at their most impressionable stage. Derek (the older brother) works his way up to being ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 12, 2000
Pros: Very Arguementive
Cons: may cause hatred to some
Summary: I have just finished my last term paper for the end of the semester and I did my paper on American History X. So here it is. I put alot of hard work and research into it.
Divided We Stand, Together we fall
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 10, 2000
Pros: Acting, Ideas, Camera angles
Cons: Some actors are too fake and some stereotypes taken too far
Summary: I saw this movie as a clerk at a video store, it's pretty standard for on to see each movie as it comes in so if a person were to ask what's good you can tell them. This movie came out about the same time as APT PUPIL on video. I watched and reviewed ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 8, 2000
Pros: Shows the truth about hatred
Cons: There are very disturbing parts in this movie, that some people might not be able to handle
Summary: I saw this film the other night for the first time after hearing so much about it from friends and film critics. "American History X" was the second film that I have seen Edward Norton act in, and I was not disappointed at all. The cast was ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 5, 2000
Pros: cast,setting,characters
Cons: too short
Summary: I watched this movie on ENC. I was up late and it was on. Upon seeing it
I began to realize that nazism is not a soft subject and that everything my friends say isen't cool. I would hate to see my sister be a piece of junk like I used to be .So ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 3, 2000
Pros: awesome
Cons: racial, hate filled
Summary: American History X. What an awesome movie. This movie is one that displays strong emotion and hate all through out the movie. It's a strong racial movie and would probably make the close-minded people mad. But I believe that the creator of this movie ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 1, 2000
Pros: Edward Norton Gives Brilliant Performance
Cons: Edward Furlong is Whiny as Usual / Reason for Hatred is Muddled
Summary: One of the most powerful and disturbing films of the year is easily this one. For two hours I was riveted - mainly by Edward Norton’s strong lead performance as the Skinhead wanting to go clean. Norton is consistently turning in great performances and ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 26, 2000
Pros: Uncompromising, unapologetic look at neo-Nazi violence
Cons: Uncompromising, unapologetic look at neo-Nazi violence
Summary: I will admit it, when my friends and I rented this movie, it was their idea, not mine. I thought this movie looked OK, but not worth watching this time. It turns out I was more engrossed in this movie than either of them. This movie is controversial ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 26, 2000
Pros: Greatly Scripted and Performed
Cons: Unbelievable at times.
Summary: When I first heard of this movie I heard it was a pretty powerful movie, but like most movies I see I didn't believe it until I saw it. This is a great story about the White Power movement in America and how much hate is involved. The story takes place ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 25, 2000
Pros: Excellent performance by Norton
Cons: Very graphic
Summary: "American History X" is an excellent film about a very controversial subject matter. However, The film was as much a topic for controversy as the subject matter. Debuting director, Tony Kaye, tried to have his name removed from the film because ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 25, 2000
Pros: good eye opener
Cons: profanity, violence
Summary: American History X is the story of two skinhead brothers that live in L.A. in the mid to late 90s. Derek, the oldest of the two, turns hateful and cruel to people of other races and ethnic backgrounds when his father is shot by an African American while ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 25, 2000
Pros: the subject, plot and storyline
Cons: a little bit too graphic for anyone under 18
Summary: This movie was so realistic. In my area there isn't really a problem with Neo- Nazi groups so I really had no concept of what they were about. Edward Furlong and Ed Norton did a spectacular job portraying two brothers wrapped up in a Neo-Nazi world of ... read more
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