Tag Archives: Courtroom drama

Small Axe: Mangrove (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The Trial of the Mangrove Nine

Posted on June 11, 2021 by kaist455

During the latest Oscar season, there was a rather trivial controversy on Steve McQueen’s ambitious film anthology series “Small Axe”. While its first three films were respectively shown at a number of movie festivals including the New York Film Festival … Continue reading →

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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): An angry and passionate courtroom drama by Aaron Sorkin

Posted on October 20, 2020 by kaist455

Aaron Sorkin’s new film “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, which was released on Netflix in last week, is an angry and passionate courtroom drama which takes us into one of the most infamous court trials in US during the … Continue reading →

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Juror 8 (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): Eight Jurors and One Judge

Posted on May 19, 2019 by kaist455

South Korean film “Juror 8” is a familiar but enjoyable courtroom comedy drama which delivers its points well while also entertaining its audiences enough. Although it is instantly reminiscent of other similar films such as Sidney Lumet’s “12 Angry Men” … Continue reading →

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Innocent Witness (2018) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Sincere but predictable

Posted on February 14, 2019 by kaist455

South Korean film “Innocent Witness” does not turn out to be worse than I feared. As a guy in the autistic spectrum, I was certainly concerned a lot about its depiction of autism before watching it, and I was relieved … Continue reading →

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The Insult (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A gripping courtroom drama from Lebanon

Posted on July 16, 2018 by kaist455

Lebanese film “The Insult”, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar early in this year, is a gripping courtroom drama about a complex legal conflict between two different men. At first, it is just a simple human matter … Continue reading →

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Marshall (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): Young Mr. Marshall

Posted on February 20, 2018 by kaist455

When I watched the trailer of “Marshall” several months ago, I was caught off guard because it looked like the movie did not intend to be your average biographical drama film. Looking quite bold and confident, the movie seemed to … Continue reading →

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The Third Murder (2017) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A frustrating exercise in ambiguity

Posted on December 17, 2017 by kaist455

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new film “The Third Murder” is a frustrating exercise in ambiguity. At first, everything seems pretty simple in a murder case at the center of the story, but then it turns out that the case may be a … Continue reading →

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Minority Opinion (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : It’s a fiction indeed – but it reflects the reality

Posted on June 28, 2015 by kaist455

At the beginning, South Korean courtroom drama “Minority Opinion” emphasizes that it is entirely fictional, but I and others in the screening room knew well that its angry story reflects the reality we all are very familiar with. After all, … Continue reading →

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