Hate Crime
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  • Summary: A suspense drama with a social conscience, Hate Crime is the story of Robbie and Trey, a gay couple whose quiet life together is shattered when Trey is brutally beaten while walking the dog. The prime suspect is their neighbor Chris, a fundamentalist preacher’s son whose bigotry is no secretet. When Chris and Robbie become the prime suspects, Robbie receives help from some unlikely sources to execute a dangerous plan that will expose many secrets. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 9
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    63
    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.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Lael Loewenstein
    50
    An apt follow-up to the two Matthew Shepard-themed movies that aired on TV in 2002.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    50
    Stovall's film could have been a little shorter and a lot tighter.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jorge Morales
    50
    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.

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  1. TommyS.
    10
    A movie that hasn't been done before - gays finally fight back.
  2. MichaelL.
    3
    This movie HAS been done before, and much better--"Relax, it's just sex". I could forgive the clliche-riddled characters if they didn�39;t behave with such idiocy. Note to Mr. Stovall: don't direct your own stuff. You had a good idea that a proper director could've shaped into something better than a "Lifetime TV for Women and Gay Men" melodrama. And dude, that second half...? Only thing missing was La Femme Nikita...… Expand

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