WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

thesar-2 'Neo Ned' was kind of hard to watch. For the abundance of the racist slurs? The hate crimes? No, it was hard as you really couldn't root for anyone, side from possibly the orderly (Suplee) or the psychologist (Elwes.) Sure the so-called racist-with-a-heart Ned or the crazy-or-not Rachael appear on paper as likable characters, but really you have to think of them as either strongly immature or just plain stupid. Yes, I see the background of Ned – I did watch the movie – but doesn't make him any less of a person you really should avoid, yet smart (and portrays otherwise) Rachel can't help but care for the less than human Ned. Basically, Ned is sent to a mental hospital after stomping a black male with the help of a "great" attorney – helping him avoid real prison. Now, watching his upbringing and bankroll (or family,) I can't imagine he could afford other than a public defender, and no offense to those who work hard for the underprivileged, I strongly doubt they could've gotten such a reduced sentence. There he meets the only interesting, though enormously flawed, character of the movie Rachel, who believes, despite being a black female, she possesses the soul of Hitler. When released, they begin a strange bond, him with dreams, her just along for the ride. And when freed, Ned immediately steals liquor and a car. All pity you can feel for Ned's past is lost; he did have a bad upbringing, but is still responsible for his adult choices. No one seems to question the stolen vehicle. In fact, he gets mad when he, himself, is car-jacked. And what a laughable closing – (spoiler) No way would she get her daughter back and his very happy ending. Yeah, I get it, but still it was hilarious.

RebeccaWood Heard of Neo Ned? Not too many have. I, in fact, discovered it last night while I was working the closing shift at the movie theater in my town. As it turns out, the producer of the film is from here and decided to offer a free showing with a Q&A at the end. My opinion: this movie should not have been free. In fact, I wouldn't have minded paying $10.00+ to view it. I would even dare to say that it far surpassed every other film in our theater, and possibly every film that we've had for the last six months. So, to shorten and conclude my rant: It was amazing.Neo Ned is a story about love, or as a previous audience member mentioned "anti-hate". Ned is a neo-Nazi who grew up in an array of torn homes and who witnessed his father's arrest, which tore him away from his son for many years. As an adult, he ends up in a psych ward, only to meet a black woman, whom he falls in love with.This is certainly not your traditional love story. In all actuality, it quite possibly breaks many, if not all, of the rules of tradition. But who really cares? Overall, the writing, directing, and acting were superb. Hollywood: stop giving us your half-baked movies and start putting real movies with real stories in our theaters. Neo Ned would be a great way to start.

george.schmidt DVD REVIEW -NEO NED (2006) ** Jeremy Renner, Gabrielle Union, Sally Kirkland, Cary Elwes, Steve Railsback, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Richard Riehle. Jeremy Renner is an up-and-coming new character actor with definite acting chops who, this past year, made an indelible impression on me in two disparate roles, as a sexual harassing co-worker to Charlize Theron in the drama "North Country" and as a former fire-fighter coming to grips with depression in the indie "Twelve and Holding", both excellent work by the talented thespian, who shines here in this little seen indie as the metaphorically titular character (the Neo- referring to his skinhead Nazi tendencies and eventually for his re-birth at a mental health clinic) Ned, who has had a rough life. His real mother, a flibbertigibbet flake (Kirkland), lost him to the tragic life of foster care (he barely escaped a family's mass suicide) while his father is in prison, he wound up befriended by peer-pressuring thugs in the unlikely form of a skinhead gang that eventually leads to the murder of a young black man. Although not implicit for the death Ned is sent instead of jail to the clinic where he meets a beautiful young black woman named Rachael (Union, in one of her surprisingly stronger efforts and also another talent to continue to watch), who has everyone there under the impression she is the re-incarnation of Adolph Hitler (!)Tentatively feeling each other out and realizing that both are completely at unease with their guises, the two begin to bond and fall in love until Ned is unceremoniously dismissed from the premises (no one sees any progress and he has been a nuisance to the staff and patients). Instead of taking his one-way ticket on a bus to nowhere, Ned instead returns to the clinic and follows the patients to their scheduled field trip at the local zoo, where he sees Rachael and lies to her that he is 'cured' and persuades her to join him in a new life. But Rachael is also not who she appears (a victim of a sexual abuser while a young girl) and the happy life the two design for themselves doesn't turn out to be what they anticipated.The film, directed by novice Van Fischer moves along predictably - kind of like a made-for-TV mix of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" meets "Badlands" but without the rampant wave of violence for violence sake, with some subtle touches (i.e. Ned's fading swastika on his t-shirt suggesting his tendencies are all but non-existent), but the screenplay by Tim Boughn feels bare-bones where rich character development and a better transition from scene-to-scene could've been forged more thoroughly. But the acting is uniformly solid, including cameo-esquire work by Elwes and Kirkland.

surfinbeez I just saw Neo Ned at the Newport Beach Film Festival. I had no idea what the movie would be about before I went in, I had heard it was something about Nazis. But as soon as the character of Ned hit the screen, I was captivated! The acting is awesome, and the story is simple and unique. PLEASE SEE THIS FILM. I walked out of the theater wanting to buy a copy of it on DVD. IT NEEDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED.The director was at the event and he spoke of how they need to establish their audience so that distributors will attach themselves to the project. Definitely go see this film and become a part of the ever growing fan base. He mentioned that every time they screen the film, they get great responses. But those good responses don't mean for the filmmaker much unless they lead to distribution deals. Please support these guys. They make great movies.