This is one of the worst films I've ever seen. The acting is atrocious except perhaps for Billy Bob's son & father. Halle is a joke. It's an embarassment for a real-actor Denzel Washington to get an award the same night in that "history making moment." Basically she screams a lot and shows her boobs. And for a real laugh check her out trying to act like an actual southern struggling black woman in the drunk/first-time-with-Billy-Boy scene. And Billy Bob isn't much better. The sex-scenes are gratuitous and not even hot (even with Halle's body or the hooker). I can only assume Hollywood was on crack for even considering awards for this movie.