As a director, Singleton shares with Furious a didactic streak. Singleton is no demagogue, but his fast-action style tends to erase the nuances of interracial dynamics.

Bill Stamets

Chicago Reader

But if the movie were simply the story of this event, it would be no more than a sad record. What makes it more is the way it shows how racism breeds and feeds, and is taught by father to son.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Despite an occasional narrative hiccup, this is a rich and moving motion picture.

James Berardinelli

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