Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: November 21, 1997 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
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Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
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10
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12
Negative:
1
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89
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
A wholly original creation, crossed with shadows and light and the everyday madness of Savannah and its remarkable citizens. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Eastwood essentially uses the Lady Chablis the same way he did a few extended Charlie Parker solos in Bird--as unbridled, inventive improvisations that challenge the well-rehearsed "head" arrangements of everyone else. Read full review
80
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
Two aspects stand out. Clint Eastwood is not the first person we might think of to direct a film of leisurely pace, concerned with ghosts and a transvestite...Then there's Kevin Spacey, who grows before our eyes. [29 December 1997, p. 28]
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Eastwood has captured a peculiar yet involving slice of life. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Kevin Spacey gives a richly nuanced performance as the accused killer, and director Clint Eastwood makes the sometimes sordid story less sensationalistic than it might have seemed in less accomplished hands. Read full review
70
VarietyTodd McCarthy
An outstanding lean film trapped in a fat film's body. Read full review
70
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Always entertaining. But someone seems to have thrown away the metronome into the Spanish moss outside. "Midnight," which finally draws to a halt after two and a half hours, has a lot of acting, a bit of soul and no rhythm. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Clint Eastwood's film is a determined attempt to be faithful to the book's spirit, but something ineffable is lost just by turning on the camera: Nothing we see can be as amazing as what we've imagined. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
A sputtering marathon of a movie. It starts, it stops, it sprints, it stumbles, occasionally following a straight narrative line, frequently darting off on colourful if pointless tangents, often commanding our attention yet never sparking our imagination. Read full review
63
San Francisco ExaminerBarbara Shulgasser
This is a movie that is wonderful on the peripherals. Read full review
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