Epic well told

Rating: Null/10 (27 December 2003)

Everything is on the screen. Beautifully photographed with three actors who perform without sentimentality. As close to what it must have meant to be in the South in the waning days of the War. Brutally honest in its depictions of the best and worse of human behavior. One critic here in Chicago panned the film because Kidman was not disheveled or dirty; what picture was he watching. Only confirms that most critics are one remove from parasites.