Hate Crime

Name: Hate Crime
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: March 16, 2006
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 41

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Image Entertainment | Release Date: March 16, 2006 | R

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 secret. When Chris and Robbie become the prime suspects,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 secret. 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

Director: Tommy Stovall

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 103 min

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Roger 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

Jorge 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

Lael Loewenstein

An apt follow-up to the two Matthew Shepard-themed movies that aired on TV in 2002. Read full review

Ernest 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

Jeannette 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

Albert 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

Felix Vasques Jr.

It sadly really never lives up to the potential and excellence it's really capable of. Read full review

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TommyS.

May 15, 2006

A movie that hasn't been done before - gays finally fight back.

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MichaelL.

Dec 20, 2006

This movie HAS been done before, and much better--"Relax, it's just sex". I could forgive the clliche-riddled characters if they didn'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 This movie HAS been done before, and much better--"Relax, it's just sex". I could forgive the clliche-riddled characters if they didn'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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