BootDigest
Such a frustrating disappointment
Mjeteconer
Just perfect...
Staci Frederick
Blistering performances.
bazroberts48
A droning, terminally boring movie, unless you are into chiffon, transvestism and phoney Savannah accents. I would rather listen to natural American regional accents than endure 2 hours 15 minutes of badly attempted Southern drawls. Out of the cast there were only about four of them displaying reasonably authentic accents. The plot, for what it was worth was ruined by the director arrogantly making sweeping changes to the book. A blatant attempt at winning a best director Oscar, this time it was justifiably denied. Judging by the move away from this genre, Eastwood has thrown in the Chick Flick towel. A two and a half hour Chick Flick aimed at Academy Awards I can do without, thank you.
lordfinese
Without a doubt, the colourful story line and intrigued guide this brilliant script through the gorgeous streets of Savannah, Georgia. The US South's historical cities are probably some of the most beautiful in the entire world, whether its historical New Orleans or Savannah. I only wish I was able to live in such a place, stuck in the dreary West Coast struggling to have 22 degree highs in the summer, but enough about me. The combination of story line, the feel of the movie, and the excellent acting of Spacey lead me to give this underrated movie a 10-10, which I have only reserved for exception movies, like Ronin, Casino, and The Goodfellas. This is a brilliant piece of work and should be watched by every movie buff.
HospehTehGrate
I asked a friend to recommend a movie with good acting, he recommended this. Being a die hard Kevin Spacey fan I gave it a try. I watched this with my girlfriend, after about an hour, we had to entertain ourselves out of boredom, what followed was a 90 minute conversation about things we noticed that was much more entertaining.By the end of the movie, it had turned into a comedy movie for us. Good actors, doesn't always mean good movie. Not even Kevin Spacey could turn this flop around.Needless to say, we thought the characters and dialog were unbelievable and boring. I can't recommend this movie to anyone, maybe as an in-flight movie without headphones but still, I bet the book would be better.I can't think of a movie, that I've fully watched, that is worse than this.
SnoopyStyle
John Kelso (John Cusack) is a writer from Town and Country magazine. He's brought to Savannah to write a feature on Jim Williams (Kevin Spacey)'s famous Christmas party. The city is filled with eccentrics. Kelso finds nouveau rich Williams fascinating. Mandy Nicholls (Alison Eastwood) brings him to Joe Odom's party. The next night, he attends Williams' party. Williams' volatile young lover Billy Hanson (Jude Law) is dead after a fight with Williams. Kelso stays to write a book about the murder trial.Director Clint Eastwood is more interested in the wild crazy characters than any murder mystery. His matter-of-fact style may not be the best for the material. This needs flair. The weird characters could give this movie great moodiness or flamboyance. Either way would be great. Instead, Eastwood is just pointing the camera at them. Some of it is interesting but the movie isn't very engaging.
