First-time director Neal Slavin demonstrates a great sense of pacing as he allows tension to slowly build throughout the film and Macy delivers another fine performance. This powerful little film should be a hit in its limited release. As philosopher Edmond Burke once noted, the only thing needed for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing. In a historically true but mistaken thought process, some supposedly Christian characters justify their acts by wrongly blaming all Jews for the crucifixion of Jesus. The opening scene shows a couple kissing, but when the woman tries to stop the man from groping her, he throws her to the ground. Later scenes indicate the woman was raped. However, the major objectionable element is foul language, with God’s name used in vain twice along with four other regular profanities and three moderate crudities. Without the profanity, the messages in FOCUS about prejudice could be shared by older teens and adults.
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