Please don't watch this film.
Despite the good cast, this film just wasn't any good and was extremely awkward and painful to watch. Sure the plot was unique and told in an unique way, but that doesn't mean it is worth your time.
Hillary vanWetten (John Cusack) is rotting away in prison having stabbed the prejudiced sheriff in a small swamp-like town in Florida and journalists Ward (Matthew McConaghey) and Yardley (David Oyelowo) are determined to uncover the truth behind his conviction.
The other two main characters are Charlotte Bless (Nicole Kidman) who loves Hillary and can't wait to finally meet him and Jack (Zac Efron), Ward's younger brother who is hired as the driver and falls hopelessly in love with Charlotte. The film is narrated by the Jensen's maid, Anita (Macy Gray), but she is so far removed from lots of the action so she is an unreliable narrator, though for some of the scenes, I'm sure her insight is needed.
This film does not have a happy ending and there are too many weird scenes along the way, including Charlotte peeing on Jack as he was stung by a jellyfish, which is just wrong and embarrassing and I wish I had never seen it.
Hillary is eventually released but then he murders Charlotte and Ward so he returns to prison and is killed. Yardley isn't really British which is ironic as the actor is. So Jack is alone at the end of the film.
While the characters are unique and the actors do their best, and the plot was there, this film did nothing for me and that is a shame. It could have been so much better and less creepy. It was like Deliverance, a train wreck start to finish. Grade: C+
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