This movie was held up by the studio for various reasons but it should have been shelved permanently! It was obviously early in the careers of some of the actors (this is Julia Stiles at her worst) so I can let a little bit slide.The story itself is a novel twist on Othello taking place at a private school in the South. Class lines, racial themes, etc. are all addressed and neatly packaged in this teen flick. However, the story itself just drags on forever until you want them all to be killed! Really, really putrid acting made it even worse! Reading the original play by Shakespeare would be more fun.On a good note, Josh Hartnett was great. You could see even then that he was going to be a star!