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(May. 2025)
“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since I have a weak spot for Gabrielle Union and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of Christmas movies so I was probably not the target audience for this material. A” read more
“Since I really loved ‘Half Nelson’, I was quite eager to see what Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck did afterwards. The first interesting thing is how this movie completely stood out with the rest of their filmography and I wonder how they ended up directing this. Anyway, what I enjoyed the most about i” read more
Cast : Nicholas Hoult, Zoey Deutch, Toni Collette, Leslie Bibb, J.K. Simmons
What was it about?
While serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial, a family man finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma, one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict or free the wrong killer.
My two cents:
To be honest, the damned thing was probably the most disappointing movie I have seen released in 2024 after all. I know, it might sound harsh but I kept hearing that it was the best movie directed by Clint Eastwood in ages but, while I would agree that it was the least disappointing movie he has delivered in a while, I was still not really impressed though. As far as I was concerned, it felt like a modern rip-off of ’12 Angry Men’ to which they added a really convoluted twist. Indeed, before I watched this movie, I knew this specific juror would have something to do with this crime but I didn’t know he would turn out to be actually guilty of this specific crime which was, in my opinion, rather ridiculous. Seriously, what are the odds that something like this could happen? Even more egregious and/or annoying was the fact that the main character apparently discovered this during the trial at the same time with the audience. Again, seriously, was this guy living under a rock or something? It was concerning a high-profile murder trial taking place where he lived but, during the year between the alleged murder and the trial, he didn’t hear or read anything about it at all? So, as you can see, I didn’t care much about the whole setup and this was only the first 15 mins. Concerning the rest of the movie, sure, it was well made and the cast was solid but, basically, you get to see the main character feeling guilty and all which was all rather predictable but, above all, it was never really fascinating.
My rating: 6/10
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“To be honest, I have never been a fan of this franchise so I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but, since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out anyway. Well, it turned out to be even more boring than usual, I’m afraid. It probably had to do with the fact that, l” read more
