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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe 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.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceWhen 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.
- 50TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxStovall's film could have been a little shorter and a lot tighter.
- 40Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderThis 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.
- 40Film ThreatFilm ThreatIt sadly really never lives up to the potential and excellence it's really capable of.
- 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.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckA well-meaning but hopelessly stilted melodrama, Hate Crime sacrifices good intentions with its mediocrity of execution.
- 40L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyL.A. WeeklyErnest HardyThe road to moviegoing hell is paved with well-intentioned queer cinema, and Hate Crime is a red stone on that path.