Sympathetic performances from Danny Glover and Matt Dillon somewhat compensate for the mildness of the material, but can't disguise the fact that the film has very little to say about a major societal problem.

Though something of a failure in its own terms, this social-conscience movie does produce a strong emotional tug...

Whatever its shortcomings, The Saint of Fort Washington takes its subject very seriously, in ways that no audience can fail to find wrenchingly sad.

Dillon has never been better than in this undemonstrative role.