This film was awesome. I just wish they had shown the scene where the cooner lost his head!

This is a movie that will most likely illiciate mixed feelings on both sides of cultures. Although there will always be hate crimes, that doesn't make it right still. But also there is the fact that whites also have racism remarks made against them. Its the same way with every nation and every race, one shouldn't feel as though its just them and their seperate culture under attack.

Jasper Texas is a movie that is full of anger, despair and hate that for centuries has boiled and simmered without being taken care of or tried resolve. Even in this day and age it is a delicate topic and often will have cold shoulders because of it.
This is a gruesome movie, that shows several pictures and scenes that where supposed to happen, people with delicate stomaches probally will be ill-advised to watch this.

If you like historical movies or ones based on true events, this wouldn't be a bad choice to watch. Otherwise......

The movie is hard to watch at some times, but the movie is a great movie. The actors are top notch. This isnt a made-for-tv movie. It's more like a really good Hollywood movie.

I worked for the sheriffs office when this happen and this movie in no way depicts what really happened in Jasper. sure the sheriff and the mayor were a big part but, then so were all the officers and the police chief and the Byrd family. This movie is a disgrace to the people of Jasper.

This movie is one account of what happens all the time in America.It shows how the family of James Byrd really stopped alot of anger that Could have been out or control in the small community...no one should over react to the point of Killing someone!..it doesn't matter where the Victim and the Murders met!This movie was done in GOOD taste and EVERYONE should see it.