Based on a novel by John Grisham
Starring John Cusack, Dusting Hoffman, and Gene Hackman
I guess I'll start my critique with the movie style. I am not a fan of the camera techniques used in the film. There is a large amount of shaky scenes. There are a few scenes about a third of the way into the movie that might leave a casual watcher scratching his head. However, if you are going to sit down and watch a movie and don't pay attention you deserve to be lost.
The actual plot of the film is excellent. It was able to keep my attention throughout the entire film. Supposedly, they changed the "big industry" from tobacco to gun. Naturally, since the gun industry was involved gun control was implied. I would expound more upon that issue in relation to the plot of the movie, but I would rather let the reader watch it for himself/herself and infer his/her own opinions. As the title may imply, it deals mainly with a lawsuit and juror manipulation. If I say much more I may reveal more than I would like, so I think I'll just stop here.
The movie was quite good overall. I would recommend it.
Posted by Randy at April 5, 2004 01:24 AM | TrackBack