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Wow. Wow. Wow. I was in awe of Charlize's performance - couldn't take my eyes off of her. It's the best I've seen in a very very long time. I hope this is a promise of future great things from her. Wow, again! And, an A+ to Ricci as well. Kudos to everyone involved with this movie!

This is still one of my favorite movies of all time ....and absolutely the best acting by an actress in all the years since then. Streep is magnificent and flawless. The "choice" scene was so horrifying to me (a mother of a young son and daughter at the time) that it took me several years before I could watch the movie without skipping past that part. It is such a small scene, yet its impact was so haunting and so horrifying - I can't think of any other scene in a movie that has affected me like that. Kline was terrific as well, and the musical score is beautiful and memorable. All in all, a wonderful film, and a perfect 10 from me. What a gifted actress!

I have an idea! Why don't teachers show scenes of this in American History class for about 10 weeks (it would take that long) and forget about stocking this horribly ponderous and preachy movie at the video store? It was interesting at times simply because it was the Civil War, but as a movie goes, forget it. I was fast-forwarding, snoozing, laughing, everything but enjoying it. Duvall looked like he knew he made a big mistake in signing up for this, and I'm sorry, but Jeff Daniels' big speech about Caesar or something was sadly laughable. Yikes, what a mess of a movie. Ick, ick.