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This movie was a big disappointment. First, it was billed as a suspense, but it wasn't very suspenseful or even interesting (I found I really didn't care that much who killed the dead woman). Second, the film is probably only appealing to those who don't mind a lot of foul language, or sex between characters who try to choke and/or insult each other. Third, elements of it were highly improbable (are murderers really that cavalier about their crimes being discovered?). I admit I switched back and forth to other programs while watching this film on TV, but it was still too long a viewing. Even Kelly McGillis couldn't save it.

I'd recommend this film to anyone. It was easily one of the most moving documentaries I've seen, portraying the failure of the UN and Western nations to act in Rwanda to prevent the 1994 genocide, and the impotence felt by Canadian Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire, who was stationed there at the time. (Lt.-Gen.

Dallaire, now retired, is "The Last Just Man" of the title.) View this film to get an idea of what we fail to do for third-world nations, despite the Western troops stationed all over the world. It may be particularly timely today in light of other conflicts, notably the one in Sudan.

This is a delightful film about a Southern belle, Grace King Bichon

(Julia Roberts), who chafes under the domination of her

brook-no-dissent father, and is cheated on by her husband. Grace

works for her father on his horse farm, and her suppressed

resentment of his iron rule has likely helped derail her marriage to

Eddie. In any event, the film is ultimately about the love and

strength of family relationships and the power of forgiveness, as

well as finding one's own path in life. All actors turn in great

performances: Julia Roberts as the heroine and wronged wife;

Robert Duvall as the family patriarch; Gena Rowlands as the

beautiful and devoted spouse and mother; and Kyra Sedgwick as

the transgressive sister. Dennis Quaid as Grace's philandering

husband is very appealing, so it's hard not to be rooting for he and

Grace to reconcile. Finally, good cinematography and a portrait of

gracious Southern living make this film an enjoyable view.