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I'm not a big fan of lawroom dramas, which means I'm also not a big fan of John Grisholm. But, unlike nearly every Grisholm book ever written, this film doesn't start with the word "The" - a good sign, surely?
Starring Rachel Weisz (I would), John Cusack (my girlfriend would), but more importantly Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman. Another good sign, surely?
And it is - now don't act all surprised on me. I was bound to watch a reasonably good film sooner or later. The film is, on the whole, well acted by ALL parts (including Gene-Hackman-rival-who-was-newscaster-in-Scary-Movie-3-man and I-was-human-cargo-and-died-near-the-end-of-Alien-Resurrection-man - okay Jeremy Piven and Leland Orser) except for the judge (Bruce McGill, aka Captain-Braxton-from-the-future-in-Voyager) who turned out to be a pretty weak character in the court scenes.
The plot is suitably contrived, yet easy enough to follow. However, the subject matter is a little alien to us non-Second-Amendment Europeans, so the minutiae of the case are a little wearisome and nonsensical. However, it's very, very obvious from the very start what the final verdict will be - even more so when the lead characters' (Weisz and Cusack) backgrounds are unearthed near to the end.
Don't expect to be gripped - if it were a theme park ride it'd be a log flume and not the big-ass rollercoaster - but it tumbles along nicely, doesn't feel too long or too short and will probably leave your mind within a few hours.
It was better than watching Latvia vs Germany, by all accounts.
Starring Rachel Weisz (I would), John Cusack (my girlfriend would), but more importantly Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman. Another good sign, surely?
And it is - now don't act all surprised on me. I was bound to watch a reasonably good film sooner or later. The film is, on the whole, well acted by ALL parts (including Gene-Hackman-rival-who-was-newscaster-in-Scary-Movie-3-man and I-was-human-cargo-and-died-near-the-end-of-Alien-Resurrection-man - okay Jeremy Piven and Leland Orser) except for the judge (Bruce McGill, aka Captain-Braxton-from-the-future-in-Voyager) who turned out to be a pretty weak character in the court scenes.
The plot is suitably contrived, yet easy enough to follow. However, the subject matter is a little alien to us non-Second-Amendment Europeans, so the minutiae of the case are a little wearisome and nonsensical. However, it's very, very obvious from the very start what the final verdict will be - even more so when the lead characters' (Weisz and Cusack) backgrounds are unearthed near to the end.
Don't expect to be gripped - if it were a theme park ride it'd be a log flume and not the big-ass rollercoaster - but it tumbles along nicely, doesn't feel too long or too short and will probably leave your mind within a few hours.
It was better than watching Latvia vs Germany, by all accounts.
