Having had more than a few friends beaten badly for their sexual preference 10 years before Matthew was killed and watching the police and the school cover it up, I can see making much of the subject. Kid died horribly because he was an openly gay guy (and rather fey, no less) and, finally, everyone paid attention. Yeah, the film is preaching to the choir for a lot of us "queers" (me included) but, albeit heavy handed and loaded with well-meaning stars who want to make a "statement" about their politics, is necessary and sufficient to wake up a few more people to the amount of violence out there towards others simply because these people are "different" in some way. Now that we've covered this poor kid's death, how about a heavy-handed film about the horrors going on in the Middle East orchestrated by the US Government? (I'd like to see Clea in that one, btw...)
Review of The Laramie Project
