The Badge | Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette | A sleeper with some big-name actors and a...

The Badge | Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette | Good Movie

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The Badge

	The Badge Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette Lions Gate, 2003 average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A sleeper with some big-name actors and a plot about confronting one's own demons

(I am slightly confused about why this movie is called "Badge" on Amazon and "The Badge" on IMDb and the rental site Netflix.) That being said...The Badge is a movie about small-town Louisiana politics, about family struggles, about coming to terms with suicidal mothers and homosexual brothers, and about the life-long struggle for justice in crimes against strippers and transsexuals. The plot focuses on the murders of a New Orleans transsexual within the conservative LaSalle parish. The reigning politicos of the parish don't want the alcoholic, local-boy sheriff (played by Billy Bob Thornton) to investigate the matter _too_ seriously and draw too much negative attention to the parish. Sheriff Billy Bob is willing to play along with the game until his party tries to run him off the ticket for the next election.

The action is truly about Billy Bob's sheriff character finding his own true self among the corrupt local and state politicians. He manages both to find himself and to serve justice to the underground sex community (which serves the state politicians in a no-questions-asked deal).

The filmmakers perfectly portray the atmosphere of lose parishes in Louisiana. The viewer will be absorbed into the good-old-boy network of doing business, as well as the desperation of anyone who tries to buck the system or hurt Louisiana's political advancement.

Anyone who enjoys this movie should check out Billy Bob Thornton in the sleeper Chyrstal.

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Good Movie

Very good who-dun-it movie. It was nice to see New Orleans as it was back before Katrina.

Compelling Lesson in Tolerance

Billy Bob Thornton is a small-town Louisiana sheriff (with a gay brother in New Orleans he rarely speaks to) who begins investigating the murder of a transvestite in his parish. Political pressure, in this most darkly political state, comes down on him to drop the case, but attracted to the transvestite's wife (Patricia Arquette), he finds he cannot stop.

Glad I accidentally caught this on Starz while traveling. Still haven't talked to anyone who has even heard of it, let alone seen it. But, it's excellent--good plot, generally strong acting, and a memorable lesson about learning to accept the full diversity of humanity. That's more than perhaps 75% of American films today offer.

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Another murder mystery

I wish I could give it a three and a half. It is better then average three but not by much.

The story itself has been so often before a twist on mystery murder and the search for whom did it? The twist here is that the one who did it was a transsexual person. I thought the way the final solution was solved was silly. The guy just confessed.

The acting was good mainly because there are a few fine actors in it.

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