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Name: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Released: 1997-11-21
Cast: Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Jack Thompson, The Lady Chablis, Alison Eastwood

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

R
2h 35m
1997

51%

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Clint Eastwood directs Kevin Spacey, John Cusack and Jude Law in this unpredictable, enchanting and true-life tale--based on John Berendt's phenomenal best seller--of a shocking murder in the genteel town of Savannah, Georgia, Southern home to the most beguiling and eccentric characters imaginable. When New Yorker John Kelso (Cusack) comes to Savannah to write a magazine story about an elegant, exclusive Christmas party, he finds himself at the center of his host's, Jim Williams (Spacey), sensational trial for murder. Determined to write a book about the killing of Williams' younger, redneck lover (Law), Kelso encounters the exotic locals--among them an ex-attorney turned itinerant squatter; a voodoo priestess; and flamboyant transvestite cabaret performer, The Lady Chablis (herself).

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Producer:

Clint Eastwood, Arnold Stiefel, Anita Zuckerman

Writer:

John Lee Hancock

Cast:

Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Jack Thompson, The Lady Chablis, Alison Eastwood, Irma P. Hall, Paul Hipp, Jude Law, Dorothy Loudon, Anne Haney, Kim Hunter, Geoffrey Lewis

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

51%

Critics Consensus: Clint Eastwood's spare directorial style proves an ill fit for this Southern potboiler, which dutifully trudges through its mystery while remaining disinterested in the cultural flourishes that gave its source material its sense of intrigue.

Reviews

The Improper Bostonian

Betsy Sherman

This thriller set in Savannah, Georgia, has enough juicy intrigue to recommend it. But it's got some fault-line flaws that director Clint Eastwood ignores to weave his local-color tapestry.

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The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)

Dan DiNicola

No dominant sense of style, no evocation of classic Southern charm or presence of a Gothic sensibility. This one meanders for more than two hours and we emerge tired and unfulfilled.

Not quite among Eastwood’s best, but a very entertaining and well-made courtroom drama with some unexpected personality.

Crisp characterisations make Midnight a pleasant pastime, although when it's over, you're not really sure what it was all about.

The one crucial miscasting is Eastwood as director. He approaches the story like a tourist.

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Additional Info

Genre:Drama
Release Date:November 21, 1997
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1

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