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American History X (1998)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B Source Brief Review Grade* Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov "...a violent, sober cautionary tale..." more... B- Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "This is a good and powerful film." more... B   Cincinnati Enquirer Margaret A. McGurk "...a harrowing morality tale..." more... A- E! Online "...brutal, provocative..." more... B+ Film Journal International Kevin Lally "Startling but not always believable..." more... B- Film Threat Ron Wells "This all could have easily turned out like a bad after-school special, but it didn't." more... B+ filmcritic.com Matt Lawrence "Edward Norton is brilliant..." more... B   Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan "... though well-intentioned, turns out to be a simplistic and unconvincing look at a serious problem." more... C- ReelViews James Berardinelli "American History X may be flawed, but it's not easily forgotten." more... B   San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle "Director Tony Kaye brings in a whole cast's worth of full-bodied performances." more... B- USA Today Mike Clark "While this movie is sometimes overbaked, it is the first major studio release in a while to engross wall-to-wall." more... B   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)