Hate Crime (2005)
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6% of critics liked it
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A quiet community reveals an ugly underside in the wake of a horrible crime in this independent drama. Robbie Levinson (Seth Peterson) and Trey McCoy (Brian J. Smith) are a gay couple who've been together for six years; they've been sharing a comfortable home in suburban Dallas most of that… More A quiet community reveals an ugly underside in the wake of a horrible crime in this independent drama. Robbie Levinson (Seth Peterson) and Trey McCoy (Brian J. Smith) are a gay couple who've been together for six years; they've been sharing a comfortable home in suburban Dallas most of that time, and are planning to get married once the legalities work themselves. Robbie and Trey are good neighbors who get along well with the other folks in the community until Chris Boyd (Chad Donella) moves in next door. Chris is a youth pastor at a church run by his father (Bruce Davison), a fundamentalist Christian who preaches often and with great vehemence about the evils of homosexuality. Chris doesn't keep his feelings about gays to himself, and when Trey is found dead in a nearby park, the victim of a sadistic beating with a baseball bat, Robbie believes Chris may be involved. However, Chris' father and mother provide an alibi for him, and the police hand the case from Detective Fisher (Farah White), who investigates hate crimes, to Sgt. Esposito (Giancarlo Esposito) in the homicide department. Robbie is appalled to discover he's now the leading suspect in the murder, and begins making his own investigation into Trey's death. Hate Crime was the first feature film from writer and director Tommy Stovall. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Tommy Stovall
- Written By
- Tommy Stovall
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Gay & Lesbian
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 14, 2005 Limited
- On DVD
- Nov 14, 2006
- Studio
- Image Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
First-time director Stovall renders all with the kitchen-lit, squarely composed aesthetic of timid prime-time TV, and his moral schema is no less ordinary.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The portrait of the Boyds is painted by Tommy Stovall, the film's writer and director, with such broad and venomous strokes that if the gay characters had been portrayed in the same way, the film would rightly be seen as bigoted.
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Mario Tarradell, Dallas Morning News
... a flawed film that frequently tries to rise above standard TV dramas of the week.
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Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
A well-meaning but hopelessly stilted melodrama, Hate Crime sacrifices good intentions with its mediocrity of execution.
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Lael Loewenstein, Variety
What is not entirely clear is what Hate Crime adds to the equation that hasn't been done before.
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Cast
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Seth Peterson
as Robbie Levinson
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Chad E. Donella
as Chris Boyd
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Brian J. Smith
as Trey McCoy
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Bruce Davison
as Pastor Boyd
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Susan Blakely
as Martha Boyd
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Giancarlo Esposito
as Sgt. Esposito
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Cindy Pickett
as Barbara McCoy
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Lin Shaye
as Kathleen Slansky
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Brandy Little
as Stella Davis
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Scarlett McAlister
as Dr. Kucera
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Sean Hennigan
as Jim McCoy
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Luke King
as Alton Kachim
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Farah White
as Detective Fisher
