Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil . Newcity Chicago . 11-24-97

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

DIRECTED BY: Clint Eastwood

REVIEWED: 11-24-97

Clint Eastwood and screenwriter John Lee Hancock ("A Perfect World") take a spirited whack at John Berendt's bestseller-list perennial and the result is leisurely paced entertainment, where everyone is having a grand time. With John Cusack as the Berendt stand-in, Kevin Spacey as the nouveau riche, closeted antiques dealer, Jude Law as his rough-trade hustler boyfriend who is killed, and in small, yet still ripe parts, Jack Thompson, Alison Eastwood, Paul Hipp and Geoffrey Lewis. One of the more unhinged parts of the tale is the appearance of the true-to-life Lady Chablis, a trash-talking black drag queen who successfully plumped herself for the role and plays it to untamed perfection. Savannah itself, verdant with parks and squares, is also a featured player. Panavision. 154m. A longer review will appear next week.

--Ray Pride

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A Perfect Murder
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