focus be another great movie star william h. macy . i first discover macy in fargo and i have see a few of his film and he hasn not yet deceive me . macy be the archetypal nice guy with something to hide . in focus and he play the role of lawrence newman and a loyal and hard work stiff and who harbour his handicapped mother at home . the scene be set after world war ii and at the height of mccarthyism . newman be the head of human resource for a company which be basically and anti semite . after he accidentally hire a woman of jewish descent and he be ask to buy a pair of glass and to improve his fail eyesight . unbelievably and the simple act of buy glass have great repercussion on his life and that of gertrude hart and his wife ( play by a great laura dern ) . a the film unravels and newman will begin to see a whole different world and where be jewish be akin to be an animal . the movie be disturb in the way it show that be racist be something fairly normal . the chill thought be that in some place and it probably still be .