Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

An oldie, a goodie. Since I saw an episode of Bizarre Foods, in which Andrew Zimmern visited Savannah and spoke with the Lady Chablis, I've wanted to see this film. In Rotten Tomatoes the critics give it a 47% and the public 64%, which goes to show there is no accoutning for taste. I'd give it at least an 80. Kevin Spacey is smooth and wonderful as Jim Williams, a proud nouveau riche; Jude Law, in what must be one of his earliest roles, plays his drunken lover; John Cusak plays a Yankee reporter in town to cover the famous Williams Christmas party and stays to cover the murder trial of Williams (who killed Billy Hanson, in self-defense, he claims). It is simply a good film, based on John Berendt's book.