Not in This Town

And Adam Arkin again delivers a very good performance in this film about racism and bigotry.

Based on the true story of Tammy and Eliot Scnitzer, we have seen the story before, but it is well-presented here. The scene in the church is a bit heavy-handed, as the people are singing "Lay my burdens down Lord", and the racist group backs down. Actually they were probably such cowards that they did all their vandalism late at night, anyway.

More recent films, such as "American History X" (Ed Norton) are extremely disturbing, and (for me anyway) a bit too violent to watch. Yes, we do need to know these issues exist. At least this movie does not have gratuitous violence and rape, and yes it should be shown more often on prime time TV.

The Ed Begley character (as Henry Whitcomb) is a white supremacist who seemingly recruits groups in the Billings, Montana area. At the end he tells the ineffectual racist cowards they have failed. People are now putting menorahs in the window, the newspaper has helped the community; people are now willing to fight back, which defeats the group. Ed Begley has a thankless role here (His father also portrayed the bigot in "12 Angry Men"). All in all this is a good film which deals with an important subject. 9/10.