The movie stars Timothy Hutton (The Last Mimzy, Digging to China), David Strathaim (Good Night and Good Luck, Strel Toes), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker, The Adjustment Bereau), Bill Smitrovich (Seven Pounds, Thirteen Days), James Tolkan (Dick Tracy, Top Gun), Maury Chaykin (Owning Mahowny, Twins), Leelee Sobieski (Eyes Wide Shut, Deep Impact), and Bill Sage (Tennessee, American Psycho).
The plot of the movie is inspired by the Scottsboro Nine. They were nine black men falsely accused of rape by two women in 1931. Hutton plays a New York lawyer who goes to Alabama for the retrial of one of the defandents.
The first few minutes of the movie I thought were terrible. It was like a preview of a movie. The cast is a good cast that lives up to what it should be. I thought the movie did a good job of weaving in the plot lines.
The movie was a hard one to come up with exactly what was good about it. I think it should be seen with other good movies about race relations in the US. A Time to Kill, Mkississippi Burning, Ghosts of Mississippi and The Green Mile are all good movies that are in the same genre of race relations.
Im not sure how much was fictionalized in the making of the movie. One point is I know nothing about the case so I dd not bring any expectations to the movie (except thinking it might be good because of David Strathaim).
I did not like the way closing statements was shot. But it was a short scene that was not too long so it was minimal damage.
Im rating the move as a B- so it is worth seeing. I am glad that a movie with a good cast lived up to the expectations that I had for the movie.
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