Review of American History X (1998) by Blake H — 14 Jan 2013

Heavy handed look on racism. Brilliant acting from Edward Norton.

This review of American History X (1998) was written by Blake H on 14 Jan 2013.

American History X has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of American History X

Review of American History X (1998)

By John H (1,894) on 14 Feb 2018

With great screenplay, American History X is one of the most serious and hair-raising films of the 90's…

Read Review

Review of American History X (1998)

By Akhilan (8) on 26 Apr 2020

This title, Black and White politics has two dimensions in its context…

Read Review

Review of American History X (1998)

By Annbd (197) on 27 Mar 2018

Finally got to write a review for this great great movie…

Read Review

Review of American History X (1998)

By Mrislamic (18) on 16 Apr 2021

Edward Norton is the best part of this movie, his character grows so much throughout the film as he abandons his racist past to help his younger…

Read Review

Review of American History X (1998)

By Meth-Dude (745) on 21 Apr 2018

With an impressively good performance by Edward Norton, a good and interesting script, interesting characters and an unpredictable and sad…

Read Review

Review of American History X (1998)

By Beckett K (1) on 28 Oct 2017

Such a great movie with such an impact and the strongest acting, American History X has scenes you wont forget about and a great ending…

Read Review

Review of American History X (1998)

By Jack F (599) on 07 Feb 2018

American History X: With an impressive preformance from Edward Nortan and sharp political allegory that's as strong and relevant as it is today,…

Read Review

Review of American History X (1998)

By Ahmedaiman9999 (95) on 23 Aug 2018

American History X has one of the most compelling stories I've seen in movies in a while. It's a gut-wrenching, and heartbreaking story…

Read Review

Review of American History X (1998)

By Ty C (99) on 23 Jun 2018

6 stars. This should be 100%.the only thing holding it back is the subject matter,which is a challenging thing to overcome…

Read Review

Review of American History X (1998)

By Robwinz (191) on 07 Aug 2020

American History X is pretty much about this lad called Derek (Edward Norton) who's served three years in prison for a hate crime…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Remains of the Day (1993)

By Broyax (884) on 13 Jan 2017

Chouettes acteurs qu'on a là, dites-moi ! et... bordel de merde je me suis encore endormi, 5 mn après le début…

Read Review

Review of Lonely Hearts (2006)

By Danny D (678) on 18 Nov 2011

I thought to be extremely boring…

Read Review

Review of The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

By Mikel. (18) on 17 Jul 2009

This is the all-time worst movie I've ever seen (all the way through). Too long, too boring, too uninteresting…

Read Review

Review of The Departed (2006)

By Jca. (11) on 01 Oct 2007

Not necessary. Martin, William, leonardo, Matt, Mark, and Jack put together a performance that goes way over the top and totally unexpected…

Read Review

Review of The Good Shepherd (2006)

By J.s. (30) on 01 Feb 2008

To a teenager, this would be (and it is) an extremely boring movie…

Read Review

Review of Princesses (2005)

By Marzena K (33) on 16 Feb 2008

Interesting attempt to go beyond the prostitute-sexual object cliche. Too bad it became a sweet-girl-cliche-hell…

Read Review

Review of The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

By Patg. (24) on 23 Mar 2007

Well--after 50 minutes of nothing but bloody beatings and shootings and close-ups of anguished, wailing women, my husband and I left the theater…

Read Review

Review of In My Father's Den (2004)

By Zak H (46) on 03 Jun 2008

Not very impressed. I saw that it was adapted from a book and I wonder how much has been cut…

Read Review

Review of Adam's Apples (2005)

By Dela S (14) on 17 Mar 2010

Pseudointellectual crap. Black humor? Could not find it. Yawn. Now crucify me…

Read Review

Review of Breathless (1983)

By Marcus W (1,161) on 09 Nov 2016

Tries to be cool and forgets to be interesting or engaging…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Logan

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews