Well I watched this on the web last night. Thought it was pretty good. Very interesting and moving story with stellar performances, with special mention to Leonardo Decaprio<sp?>. The interesting thing about it is that it is both humorous and tragic at the same time. An odd combination, but it works.
I heard Spike Lee was giving this movie a thumbs down because of the overuse of the "N" word. Which might be a valid complaint, only it's supposed to be a period piece and that was a word of the period. So I'm not sure what my opinion is on that.
Otherwise I thought it was a damn good moive.