Review 1:
"...Prepare to be jolted by the intensity....The performances are as white hot as the subject matter..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.70 02/22/1996
Review 2:
"...Extremely intelligent....The in-your-face lensing and more formal compositions are used to maximum effect..."
Source: Variety
05/29/1995
Review 3:
"...Raw, vital and captivating....HATE is a visceral fable of a divided society heading blindly for a crash-landing..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F16 03/08/1996
Review 4:
"For all the comic byplay, Kassovitz keeps the viewer braced for the simmering tension to boil over."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.88-89 06/01/2006
Review 5:
"...Writer-director Mathieu Kassovitz (Cafe au Lait) mines so much tension and pointed dialogue from a low budget and deceptively simple premise..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
Source: USA Today
p.4D 02/09/1996
Review 6:
"...As a filmmaker, Kassovitz has grown since his first film. His black-and-white cinematography camera is alert, filling the frame with meaning his characters are not aware of..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.32 04/19/1996
Review 7:
"...[A] precise and troubling film....Smartly aware that many urban problems are also global..."
Source: New York Times
p.C21 02/09/1996