The Verdict
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Time Out says
Newman as a washed-up lawyer, given one last chance to prove himself with a rather squalid medical malpractice suit. David Mamet has delivered a fast-paced, eloquent, and suspenseful screenplay which, like all the best genre movies, plunges its hero so far into the abyss that it seems impossible for him to climb out. And for once Lumet makes story rather than performance his first priority, with the paradoxical result - so familiar in American movies - that the acting sometimes reaches a near-invisible perfection. Admittedly this is a legal Rocky, convincing rather than realistic, witty rather than analytical, but it amounts to a far more effective indictment of the US legal system than ...and justice for all, and is the first courtroom drama in years to recapture the brilliance of the form.Author: DP
Release details
UK release:
1982
Duration:
128 mins
Cast and crew
Cast:
Roxanne Hart, Jack Warden, Edward Binns, Paul Newman, Milo O'Shea, Charlotte Rampling, Julie Bovasso, Wesley Addy, James Mason, Lindsay Crouse
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