Sadly Over-hyped

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

I was really impressed by this movie. This film is not like others where everything is black and white. It has a very very good story. I can say it is much better movie than you usually can see in cinema. ...storyline goes about Fortlow Socrates. He is poor guy bat he want to get job and to have a normal life. He is very moral and proud man... he was in jail for killing to peoples an for rape. One day he found am kid...when he ask him why he killed chicken, kid become very nervous...they become very good friends. At the end almost everything turns out OK, except one big thing! His best fried dies...this doesn't do a lot of bad thing on Socrates soul because his friend did what he want in life...same as Socrates want.If you like watching a touching movies this is good choose for you!

A beautiful piece of cinema - don't be put off by the fact that it's listed as a television production - it has more heart and soul and craftsmanship than any fifty contemporary Hollywood films. Fishburne's portrayal of this very intricate character is one of the great male screen performances of his generation. I'll confess that I had more than a few tears rolling down my cheeks at the end of the film. Once again ignoring exceptional small-scale work, the Academy Awards and movie media in general proved themselves to be so much debilitating, meaningless, commercial rubbish by ignoring it. Resist the dumbing down of America and support films like this and, for example, "The Station Agent."

This was a strange yet very rewarding movie you learned form the characters , about pride and helplessness and survival..I have watched this movie more than once I found the character very compelling, I recomend it highly

This is what I considered one on the more underrated films in our time.It doesn't happen very often where you actually take some type of a lesson from a film. This one was able to do just that.This wasn't a movie about an angry black man who felt life owed him anything, it was just the opposite. It was about a man DOING something with his life after spending time in prison. Rather than being a drain on society, he worked for his money, and damn hard I must say. It didn't matter what he did to earn it, just as long as it was legal. He also was able to help a friend fill a void, another end his pain and help a child who needed guidance.I know this movie was only fiction, but I wish our society were filled with people like Socrates.