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A handsome and suprisingly sturdy undertaking that explores the insidious effects of racism with a sharp eye.

The actor Billy Bob Thornton directs with the sensitivity of a cowpoke.

Hokum and a lamentably OTT ending ruin what had been a pleasingly ponderous piece of pap.

Friday Night Lights never wavers in its commitment to that perfect, quintessentially American moment.

Although this is worth watching purely for Duvall's superb turn, he doesn't want for support.

It is to the film's great credit that its politics remain subtle.

The thriller elements are, on the whole, so meagre and limply staged that the film is better seen as an examination of divinely dysfunctional families.

At its core, this is a character study, with the contradictory American character summed up in one man.

The effects are fun, the script is sharp and suspension of disbelief encouraged.