Indeed, the ending was ambiguous, in an irritating sort of way. But the story itself lacked focus, and it led nowhere. This film has entertainment value for Kevin Spacey fans. The cinematography and the production design were adequate. The acting ranged from good (Kevin Spacey) to mediocre to fairly poor. The film was cluttered with disjointed subplots, which included: a murder and subsequent trial, a romance, a character study of Williams, a parade of strange characters largely irrelevant to other subplots, a travelogue of a Southern city, and some voodoo thrown in. I really don't know what director Eastwood was trying to tell us here. With the film's intriguing title, maybe I was expecting too much. Kelso is a plot-convenient stand-in for John Berendt, the author of the nonfiction book upon which the film's screenplay was based. While in Savannah, Kelso gets involved in murder, voodoo, and some eccentric characters. John Cusack plays John Kelso, a New York writer who goes down to Savannah, Georgia to interview Jim Williams (Kevin Spacey), a wealthy socialite and art connoisseur who likes to give expensive parties.
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