Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

I enjoyed this movie for a number of reasons. For one, the pacing is really good. I think Eastwood really knows his timing with his films because even though this film is two and a half hours long, it goes by so smoothly so it doesn't feel long at all. I constantly feel engaged in the action of the scene. One reason why I think the scenes are so engaging is because Eastwood balances the tone of each scene so that they work together. There are a number of comic relief scenes that I think really lighten the film up, so that the whol film does not revolve around the murder case. I think it is important to have a subplot because it lets the audience relax for a few minutes, instead of constantly getting more info about the main plot.
John Cusack was also good in this film. Even though he plays his character the same as any other one of his characters, I think it works in the context of the film. The same with Kevin Spacy. I think Spacy's character is a lot like the one he played in The Usual Suspects, but of course in another setting, but there are many character commonalities, like lying to the other characters, that he performs.