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Enbwife
| Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 12:57 pm
Has anyone seen this movie yet? It's John Cusack's latest and I've heard good things. Is it worth seeing? This is the movie they showed in the BB house as a prize.
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Ketchuplover
| Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 4:26 pm
I thought it was great.
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Jbean
| Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 4:06 pm
i saw it today and it was awesome. i didn't even realize how long it was, the story really kept me guessing. i recommend it!
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Newman
| Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 10:01 pm
I liked it but I don't know, it didn't stick with me. Cusack was good. I thought the two heavy weights, Hoffman and Hackman just mailed in their performances. Dustin's phony southern accent kind of annoyed me. I was annoyed by Fitch too (Hackman). The science of body language isn't really a science yet. If a woman folds her hands a certain way I don't think that would throw her off a jury. I didn't buy it. The scene in the cab where Gene was telling the cabbie everything about his Mother and personal life was baloney. I've been on juries. I don't care how strong a personality Nick (Cusack) was, I'm a strong one too. He wouldn't have swayed me and I would have put up quite a fight to have people see things my way. Wasn't the book originally about the tobacco industry and then they switched it to the gun business because it's more "sexy?" Does anyone know that for a fact? It did give my movie club much to talk about; so I would recommend it for that reason.
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 12:59 pm
I checked this out on video this weekend. Setting aside the fact that the movie had nothing to do with the book other than character names, it was well done.
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Monday, March 08, 2004 - 9:36 am
It's a good movie, but the plot is pretty out there. There's no way this could ever come to pass. Not in my lifetime, anyway. Cusack and Weisz are great, and while I agree Hoffman was only so-so, I thought Hackman was his usual great, smarmy self. I would recommend rental before purchase.
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Midlifer
Member
04-16-2003
| Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 10:18 am
I just rented it, and thought it was quite good. What I found MOST interesting, though, was the whole jury selection process. I had NO idea how complex (and sometimes unethical) it is! I love Grisham's cynical view of the legal world (takes a lawyer to know!).
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Meemo
Member
08-22-2002
| Monday, April 05, 2004 - 8:10 am
the book was originally about the tobacco industry. the movie does not go into much detail as the book. so it kinda of glides over how he was able to get everyone to agree with him. if you liked this movie you would LOVE the book. i've read it at least 3 times.
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