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12 Angry Men 1957
description written by member Dawn:
Twelve men meet in a jury room to decide the fate of a teenager accused
of his father's murder. For eleven of the men it's an open and shut case
but one juror stands alone in insisting there could be reasonable doubt.
The twelve men struggle to come to a verdict in this compelling drama.
Each juror's personality and individual prejudices are laid bare as
Juror no8 (Henry Fonda) challenges their Guilty verdicts.
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How I managed to avoid seeing this critically acclaimed film up to now is a mystery. After watching a piece of complete and utter trash last night, I have to revert to something of quality to cleanse my palate.
Henry Fonda, the calm voice of reason one one side, and Lee J. Cobb screaming on the other. Ed Begley plays an...
(complete 12 Angry Men review by Movie Addict)
| 12 Angry Men Movie Review by Jarrod (11/12/2007) |
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'12 Angry Men' generates dramatic tension simply by having jury members argue over the fate of a teenager accused of killing his father, a simple premise brilliantly crafted and exploited by director Sidney Lumet and screenwriter Reginald Rose. Henry Fonda is the lone dissenter, who believes there is reasonable doubt, and...
(complete 12 Angry Men review by Jarrod)
Twelve jurors find themselves with an eleven-to-one guilty verdict in a murder trial as this post-courtroom drama opens up. Henry Fonda is Juror #8, who does an astonishing job as the one who has reasonable doubt, and faces the other jurors who would rather get the job done quickly and get on with their lives. As the...
(complete 12 Angry Men review by Ryan Midnight)
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