the book be amaze . if you know the history and you will know that berendt write the book initially a a travel guide and wind up get to know the savannah native and then and oops one of them be indict for murder . the transfer to film be painful . romance be add that do not need to take place and character sit on the jury that would have never get past a competent da who could object and and several trial be condense into one . and and it never a good sign when the lady chablis be way too old to play herself . she be suppose to be in her twenty when the story take place . she look every bit the 40 she be at the time of filming and and i have to say that she come across less funny than she do when i envision her character in my mind while read the book . if you love the movie great . if you have read the book and you will hate it .