'O' A Movie Review	MPAA Rated - R It's 1:31 Long A Review by The Dude on the Right

The "O" in this movie is Odin (Mekhi Phifer). He's the only black student at a southern prep school where everyone loves him, alright, almost everyone. Sure, he has a nice personality, but it’s really his basketball skills that most people love because Odin’s gonna bring them a championship. He’s got the hot girlfriend in Desi (Julia Stiles) and Coach (Martin Sheen) loves him like a son. This doesn’t sit well with Hugo (Josh Hartnett), who happens to be the coach’s biological son, and really doesn’t sit well when Odin spotlights Michael (Andrew Keegan), another teammate as the main reason the basketball team is doing so well. Yea, you guessed it, Hugo feels dissed because even though he doesn’t do all of the scoring, he’s the one grabbing the rebounds and setting up the picks so Odin can score. What’s a vindictive prick to do? Well, of course you hit the dude where it hurts, starting with his girl. So Hugo begins this complex plan to get Odin jealous by making Odin think Michael and Desi are getting it on, and you know what happens when a dude think their girl is cheating on him – they get all crazy in the head and can’t think straight, and this fall right into Hugo’s plan as he works on totally destroying Odin, returning himself to the best loved son in his family.

But, as best laid plans sometimes go, well, Hugo’s gets a little too complex and involves a few too many people. Sadly, though, this comes out a little too late as Hugo’s ultimate plan to destroy Desi, Michael, and Odin ends in a few extra people getting killed.

"O" is a movie that doesn’t try to get too complex and keeps things rolling quickly in a movie that clocks in at just over and hour and half. It doesn’t get preachy, it just tells the story, and let’s you see how conniving some people can actually be. Phifer is great as Odin, the kid who just gets played and in the end just wants people to know he was a good person, from a normal family, and really just wanted to lead a normal life. Stiles, even though this movie was shot a couple of years prior to its release, shows she has been coming into her own as an actress quickly, and Josh Hartnett is great as the kid we really hate because he’s makes us believe his character is just a total prick on the inside.

"O" comes right to the point and shows that people can really be vindictive if they want to be, and how a person’s trust can totally be used against them. It doesn’t sugar-coat things, shows the damage that can be done, and in the end does it in a violent way. But, sadly, that’s usually the way it ends up being done.

As supposedly shocking as "O" is supposed to be it really just tells how things sometimes are and without stretching the movie to epic lengths. If you want a good drama/tragedy, go see "O", even pay full price for it. If you’re looking for the feel-good movie of the year, this definitely isn’t it. It’s 4 stars out of 5 for "O".

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!