Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

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InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Ben Larson It may not be the best film about race relations in the South. Mississippi Burning and A Time To Kill have more intensity, but it is still compelling and worth watching for some great performances.Alec Balwin (Bobby DeLaughter) turned in a fine performance. Personally, I feel it is the best he has ever done.James Woods was perfect as Byron De La Beckwith. He channeled the venomous hatred and cocky arrogance so familiar in those who were consumed with their self-worth, gained by stomping on others. This performance resulted in an Oscar nomination in a year with many fine performances.Dixie DeLaughter, played by Virginia Madsen, shows how ingrained racism is in the South, and how difficult, if not impossible, it is for a marriage to survive with a disparity in views, whether it be race or politics.I also enjoyed seeing Wayne Rogers as Morris Dees, even if it was a small role.This is an important film that should be seen by all who care about the state of race relations in this country.It should also be see by all young people so they can see a sign at a gas station saying 22 cents a gallon. Those were the days.

ClintnBarbWard1 In Ghosts of Mississippi Alec Baldwin plays bobby delaughter who try to bring MEdger Evers killer Bryon DE la Beck-with played by James woods. Whoopi Goldberg is in the film too as medgers widow. rob directs. i think James woods a tremendous performance as Bryon DE labeckwith Alec Baldwin did a good job better then his usual work and whoopi Goldberg did a decent job even though there is one thing in the whole movie that she does that drives me nuts it is when she first talks to Alec Baldwin over the phone and sacarsa;y talks to him and then simels. William h Macy is my second favorite character in the whole movie when he says i cant get a women to love me now when I'm alive. this movie is really entertaining especially the performances by James woods and William h Macy. its a movie i recommend to everybody

amwcsu The assassination of Medgar Evers was one of the most shocking incidents during the Civil Rights movement. Being that, it should've been done with more attention to detail. If you are going to do a period piece of Evers then you going to have to show what this man did and have done to modern society in order for the audience to know who Medgar Evers really was. Hence, Ghosts of Mississippi should have focused more on the Evers and how he stirred up the ire of the KKK for the first half-hour/45 minutes of the movie then shown the murder. Makes sense, doesn't it? The set design was magnificent and authentic. Nothing was wrong with it. My only gripes are the characters. For example they're wonderfully acted, but not really convincing with the exception of James Woods disturbingly evil, but somewhat funny "old Kook" in boonies rendition of infamous assassin Byron De La Beckwith and Alec Baldwin as the driven and selfless District Attorney Bobby DeLaughter. The characters could have been a little bolder like in "The Long Walk Home". You want people to hate this guy,Beckwith and you want see this film and feel like someone just punched you in the stomach. For example, as the DeLaughter family was being harassed; We could've seen the rawness of racist opposition not just a shattered windshield and name-calling and a sanitized version of a bomb threat at the family home! What bothers me, is that movies that involve racism and the South should give you a feeling of resentment, it shouldn't have a "Disney Channel" subtle tinge to it. This is the "Achille's Heel" that makes Ghosts of Mississippi fall short of a convincing murder mystery.I'm not saying that I hate this film. I actually liked it, I still like it. But it could be bolder. A movie about the Civil Rights era in the South should convince you, shock you, anger you, and show various perspectives about the subject. That, my friends is what makes a docudrama stand out.

goobinski THIS FILM IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY. Not only was the real Myrlie Evers consulted while making the film, two of her and Medgar's sons were actually in the film, playing themselves. Benny Bennett also played himself.It was based on a actual (although little known) event in American history, and shows how there are still conflicts over civil rights today. We also learn that there are still some people in the Southern U.S. that are opposed to laws that have been in place for over 35 years.So while watching this you shouldn't think "the story is cliche" or "the acting was good, but predictable," you should be thinking that this actually happened, and reflecting on how far we've come as a society, and how far we still need to go.