This movie highlights a very real sequence of events that occurred recently in America: the discovery, acknowledgement, and development in fear of AIDS. While it is somewhat melodramatic, as most mainstream Hollywood films are, the excellently cast actors and their performances bring it closer to home. In the beginning, you understand and are told by Denzel’s character how AIDS frightens people; they are scared it will follow them home. The most well-crafted part of this film is how this fear is shown invalid and then turned into a beautiful example of humanity and the relationships between us when Denzel finally sees Hank as a real person with feelings just like him, which he then relates to and carries this feeling of love and respect home to his child and wife, in the opera scene. If you are open to it, you can see the unique beauty in any person for we are all individuals and no one is deserving of disrespect due to fear and/or ignorance.
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