Very best movie i ever watch

Too many fans seem to be blown away

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

The games of characters, the atmosphere of South , the brilliant performance of Kevin Specey and the fascinating work of John Cusack are pieces of a great movie about guilty, truth, desires and their high price. an innocent writer, a rich man, clues and a death as key of dark rooms of the life of community. and, always, the ambiguity between what you see and what you know. sure, the references to "Citizen Kane" iis obvious. maybe, too obvious. but , like it, it is a film about the fragility and shadows of a world more than a man. a film of large games. games of destiny or only sketches of a mind who knows the rules of life.

Although based on a true story, it didn't exactly happen this way. A wealthy "upstanding" Savannah citizen kills someone in his home. Is it self defense or murder? This movie has everything: Comedy, sexual deviations (homosexuality, cross-dressing), eccentric characters, voodoo, and a Matlock-Perry Mason-style trial. The trial is well-staged and was not boring to me;The "surprise" ending where "poetic justice is served" is somewhat contrived. It's more of a how-done-it than a who-done it, as the defendant confesses to the magazine reporter what really happened. The intended "victim" almost gets shot but the Luger still has the safety on. Then he kills his assailant, anyway. Hints of possible incest and an illegitimate child? Blackmail? A real transsexual portrays "herself", hilariously. Two playfully haunting voodoo seances through both white and colored cemeteries, plus a modern-day black cotillion show the old and new city. Beautifully photographed in Savannah, Georgia, where it "happened". Wonderful songs by Johnny Mercer. Actually, There were 4 trials (he was acquitted) and it took its toll. The man died almost a decade later of pneumonia and a heart attack. Other objections make this from being a "10": What else is fictional or minutes too long, although introducing the characters makes for great fun. Also, the "F" word is used far too many times? Scene sealers: "Chablis" the Entertainer, the mascot bulldog and the pet pussycat. The funniest hospital scene since "9 to 5". Because of great direction by Clint Eastwood,the movie has a "sense-of-style" about it. Since I enjoyed the movie, I upgraded it from the "8" rating it probably deserves.

I happened to see this film by chance on TV last night, and i kept waiting for something more interesting to happen. Nothing really did intrigue me much, but i was curious enough to see how things would develop, so i sat it through. The positive aspects are definitely the actors, and some of the characters was really amusing, and managed to at least keep me interested for some time. But it is very slow... I got interested when i saw that John Cusack starred in it, but he could not save the slow pace of this film. The humour was present and well used, especially by that trans gender (i suppose she was) character and that strange psychic woman, although her strange laugh i never understood the reason for... Overall very strange characters and somewhat funny in a semi-serious plot. Yet a very boring plot, a lot of more things could have happened to keep this from getting too trivial. No excitement whatsoever... Not too bad, it had great potential but the end was the worst. My company felt deceived after watching it, and i was a bit too i guess, and oh well... Just a bit bored. Not much good plot, it could have been developed in a much better way. Not bad, but... A yawn for me. Sorry. I really don't understand how this movie can be so praised.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997): Dir: Clint Eastwood / Cast: John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, Alison Eastwood, Irma P. Hall, Jude Law: Mystery consisting of too many characters than it knows what to do with and a title that sounds like someone weeding their garden at the wrong time and having a fierce battle with insects. Viewers are given two views of a murder but it is obvious when Kevin Spacey confesses to John Cusack, the writer who is novelizing the incident, we believe him. Nonsense such as the guy walking the dog leash or the moron who appears in court with live horseflies strung to himself. The Buddhist elements serve no purpose and the conclusion is confusing. Director Clint Eastwood does major injustice with its methods of humour that often distracts. He has made mysteries with investigations before but nothing this morbid. He made the excellent Absolute Power earlier in the year, which was engaging and provocative but here he could very well have directed the worst film that this otherwise talented director has ever made. Cusack asks too many questions but never demands much of a response to the idiotic traits surrounding him. Spacey's role serves more as a prop than a vessel of meaning. Alison Eastwood and Irma P. Hall also fail to enrich this junk. A terrible misfire that indicates Eastwood was just having a bad day. Score: 1 / 10