A wandering, confused tale of a young middle class girl seduced into a white nationalist group...and one heck of a yawner. The story jumps from place to place. At the onset, we have a seemingly intelligent young woman who is frustrated by the difficulties of finding employment in a multi-ethnic/lingual area. She broaches this with a visiting journalist to her school who condemns her as a racist, and then we are rocketing down a wonderful slippery slope towards a vast evil white underground, where nazis, thugs and murderers abound...crosses are burned...confederate flags fly...and our heroine falls for all of it hook, line and sinker. It's all very cliche, very overboard, and actually irritating towards the end when the melodrama reaches a nearly "soap opera-esque" peak. The direction is more of that music video sort of garbage too prevalent in movies now...with long pop musical passages full of sunsets, beaches, and woeful expressions. The whole thing feels like something a sixth grade student might create. Unless you go for this sort of immature, melodramatic social commentary...I'd avoid this one. American History X is a much more realistic look at white nationalist groups, and a well directed and acted film as well. As for this one, I want my $2 back!
Review of White Lies
