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Feb 20, 2023EvanSchoenfeld rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
All representatives of the legal profession are depicted as sleazy moral degenerates, including Newman who has a very few redeeming traits (but perhaps excluding Jack Warden). By a stroke of luck Newman is on the side of right, but his…
Dec 01, 2022yesbyedith rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Yes, drama. Commentary.
Oct 16, 2022Moviereviewer rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
1982. A good courtroom drama for it's time 40+ yrs. ago. It was fine.
Jun 12, 2022greatflicks rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Thought it was a very good movie. Paul Newman plays a functioning alcoholic attorney makes a come back in his pathic life.
Mar 18, 2022petervondutch rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Paul Newman and James Mason are brilliant. Compare with the two actors, Sydney Lumet's work is just so so.
Aug 16, 2021bplxasan rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I have no words to describe the VERDICT, except to say :"No movie surpasses the Verdict when it comes to the Cast, the Setting, the Directing, the Acting, the Venue, the Cinematography, the Story, the Relevance, the Context, and…
Jul 31, 2021N13m4nd rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A disillusioned and cynical lawyer happens upon a big case which offers him a chance to redeem himself. That is about as bog-standard as a story idea gets, but when the film is directed by Sidney Lumet, written by David Mamet, and stars…
Apr 29, 2021trotter73 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
An aging, alcoholic attorney, prone to panic attacks,(please don't pressure me) finds himself at a cross-road. If he does what he and everyone else wants, he will be lost.The people around him decided their course and show their true…
Mar 06, 2021goldfrapp rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I remember wondering how the heck did Paul Newman not win a Best Actor Oscar for his role in this movie (the Oscar went to Ben Kingsley for Gandhi). My favorite scene—and one that always gets me choked up— is when Newman confronts Lindsay…
Oct 11, 2020Elbrody rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Better than the more common 'screaming match' courtroom dramas. What's with that disallowing of the photocopy! Seems it doesn't pay to sign anything.
Aug 12, 2020New2Columbia2016 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of my top five of all time. The triumph of good over evil. Newman's best film. You won't be sorry you watched this.
Jun 18, 2020
To what lengths will one go to receive a favorable verdict? To what lengths will one go to get what they want? --- Be it justice or any other pursuit. Good movie!
Aug 30, 2019richmole rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Saw this when first released--and still remembered a couple of key scenes. Recently read Sidney Lumet's book, "Making Movies" in which the director discusses this film and many others he made up to the late 1990s. So I wanted to see…
Jul 06, 201912toes rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Uplifting film about redemption; Paul Newman's best work.
Oct 02, 2018byoneoka rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This may be Newman's best picture. Outstanding performance!
Jul 10, 2018akirakato rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Directed by Sidney Lumet in 1982 based on on the 1980 novel of the same name by Barry Reed, this American legal drama depicts the legal work and court struggle of a down-on-his-luck alcoholic lawyer who accepts a medical malpractice case…
Jul 02, 2018richibi rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
a washed out lawyer tries to make a comeback inspired by a fervent desire to deliver justice, if that weren't a laugh in the first place - everyone here is slumming, apart from Charlotte Rampling, channeling the equally incandescent Lauren…
Mar 27, 2018biffblack rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Unspeakably bad and intellectually dishonest, to put it mildly. The direction, tone, and even the color scheme are reprehensible. From the Gothic lettering to the lurid lighting, we GET the idea, vis-a-via Lumet's distastefully unsubtle…
Jan 24, 2018ThomasJWhiting rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
VERY GOOD 1982 film with excellent acting by Paul Newman in David Mamet screenplay adaption of Barry Reed's book.
Sep 08, 2017
If you like a good court room drama, you will like this movie. I did enjoy the good acting and strong script. It is not too violent. It could be too sexual for children.
Aug 26, 2017bobmwgs rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
By far one of the best movies ever made the more you watch it the more you get
Sep 08, 2016ArapahoeAlison rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A wonderful Sydney Lumet film starring Paul Newman and Charlotte Rampling. The caliber of the actors alone is worth the watch. An interesting courtroom drama about a lawyer who falls on hard times and takes on case to redeem his past.
Jan 22, 2016dirtbag rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Would be outstanding if not for the female lead who is wooden and uninteresting.
Oct 06, 2015petercorell rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Fierce drama that pits Paul Newman in one of his best film parts as attorney Frank Galvin. You won't want to miss a minute of the picture. It is a nail bitter throughout! Director Sidney Lumet is interviewed with Paul Newman in a bonus…
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Feb 17, 2015Jrichson rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Although I prefer Golden Age Hollywood movies (40s and 50s), this is one of my favorite ever contemporary films! Can watch multiple times back-to-back in one sitting (which I have done), and never tire of it. Excellent drama on the law…