Canal Street

Based on the current rating (under 4 at this point) I almost passed over this film, but curiosity overcame me. It is a very moving, very authentic presentation of America's still-present racial profiling inclusive prejudice judgment. The acting is excellent, the story well done and very reflective of today's headlines. I would highly recommend it.

I do not understand where the low ratings came from unless they watched a different movie??? The story is true of what happens in every city in the world if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time! Please just watch the movie and ignore ALL comments! Then rate for yourself.

Low budget and very bad acting. They used 7production compagnies. Executive producers they used 21in total. No wonder the acting in this movie is so bad, they had no money left for real actors.

This is being written to counter all the 10/10 review written by the friends and relatives of the above-the-line crew. This is an abysmal film built around a decent premise, that wastes the talents of pretty much every actor involved. The constant switching to talk shows discussing the crime is full of self-importance, the "twist" is annoying, and the trial is just pure, hot garbage. Honestly, without some of the actors' efforts (not the lead, though... he was terrible), this would have rated zero stars. And for those of you praising the lack of profanity... Yes, isn't that just terrific? So clean and wholesome... Oh, except for the genuine footage of a young black man being shot through the head at close range. Yeah... So good that this was free from profanity. Dull AND disgusting.

Canal Street has too many factual errors and a bit too much melodrama for me to give it a high rating. I do applaud the producers, crew, players for their sincere efforts to find common ground in the USA. A country deeply divided by the cutting edge of racism.

There was a line in Inherit The Wind where the Henry Drummond character talks about the forces of fanaticism that "are forever busy and need feeding"., Some event that they can exploit.

Such as it was with the death of Kevin Quinn in this film, a popular white kid from the Cook County suburbs found shot to death on his front lawn and left with a new friend who was black Bryshere 'Gray kneeling over him.

Gray is arrested for the crime and prosecuted in Chicago. The city is deeply divided as the various clips of commentators show. Blessed are the peacemakers indeed.

The producers of Canal Street could have used a lot of watching of Law And Order and its many spinoffs. Too many factual errors here that have been caught by me and fellow reviewers to give it a higher rating.