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For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Absolutely the worst movie.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

This is a terrible movie. It is amazing that the big-name stars in this movie signed on for this piece of garbage. Technically, Nicole Kidman did a good job of playing her character, but it is all for nothing. Garbage script in, garbage movie out. Don't waste your time on this one. I regret having to give one star when it deserves zero.

Who thinks of this stuff? What kind of human being can create scenes like these? What actor is willing to compromise their amazing art and considerable talent to allow themselves to be filmed in these conditions? What kind of a human being sets up these scenes...directs the actors...and sits through the awful, humiliating, grotesque, demoralizing violence? This is a sick movie directed by a sick, confused and troubled individual...not sure if he qualifies for human being status. This movie is inadequately described in its intro...and the cast...famous for their reputations... sullied forever by participating in a misguided, misjudged and nasty form of pornography. No art here...no story...no legitimate reason to exist. WTF?

One of the few stand out films of recent years. Certainly, for observation it is of the highest order. The performances are faultless, the camera work outstanding. It is troubling, bleak, cynical, and also, seemingly, very, very real. I have never lived in 60s deep south but for a short time I believe I was there. The sexual sub plots are a seedy, dispassionate, but gripping and essential, backdrop to the actual story - racial, class and cultural chasms held loosely together in a bitter, sweaty, Louisiana type soup. The caring black servant as narrator works really well, the depiction of the main character, naively intelligent, unlikely and involuntary hero, has a warmth and honesty that contrasts well with the films themes, it also provides just enough solid ground to withstand the unfolding plot, and the ending. Grabs you and whirls you through a time and place like no other film I've seen. A brave film to make and deserves high praise.

The film is visually appealing, most of it anyways. The cast is--or at least should be--great. It's not like there's anything wrong with anyone's performance, it's just the script doesn't allow for them to be great. It's evident The Paperboy is adapted from a novel. The film starts out at a nice pace and then seems to flip through a bunch of pages, that were perhaps covering some background on the characters, setting, etc. It then catches its breath, but just for moment, before jumping forward again. It then seems to skip an entire chapter or two, giving a critical juncture about 3 seconds of screen time.Peter Dexter (author) and Lee Daniels (director) share the screenplay writing credit. Sometimes the originals authors are the worst choice to adapt their work. Who knows, but Daniels as writer and director is the only one to blame for this mess.The end result is a disconnected shambles, a wasted opportunity of what could have been a great film.