This earnest, high-minded, and atmospheric drama about a Southern white prison guard who falls in love with the widow of a black inmate he helped put to death may set off smoke detectors for its fumes of preciousness: The melodrama is diagrammatic, a traffic map of calls and responses, wishes and fulfillment. All roads may lead to award nominations for Billy Bob Thornton and Halle Berry — they act their pants off — but none lead to truth. B-
EW's GRADE
B-Details Release Date: Jan 25, 2002; Limited Release: Dec 26, 2001; Rated: R; Length: 111 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Halle Berry, Heath Ledger and Billy Bob Thornton; Distributor: Lions Gate Films; More
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