Thriller

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Anthony Hopkins

Ryan Gosling

David Strathairn

Rosamund Pike

Embeth Davidtz

Billy Burke

Cliff Curtis

Fiona Shaw

Bob Gunton

Josh Stamberg

Xander Berkeley

Zoe Kazan

Judith Scott

Gary Carlos Cervantes

Petrea Burchard

Garz Chan

Wendy Cutler

Larry Sullivan

Valerie Dillman

Gonzalo Menendez

Vivica Genaux

Cooper Thornton

Lyle Kanouse

Sandra Prosper

Monica Garcia Pérez

Joe Spano

Peter Breitmayer

Mirron E. Willis

David Purdham

John Littlefield

Lou Reyes

Rainy Kerwin

R.J. Chambers

Eugene Collier

Tom Virtue

Gunter Simon

Frank Torres

Payton Koch

Cooper Koch

Sophie Hoblit

Caroline Weinstock

Alexander Weinstock

Michael Khmurov

Julia Emelin

Yorgo Constantine

Alla Korot

Jeff Enden

Kaily Smith Westbrook

Retta

Kate Clarke

Louise Rosner-Meyer

Hawk Koch

Beverly J. Graf

Liz Glotzer

Toby Emmerich

Michael Disco

Samuel J. Brown

Daniel Pyne

Glenn Gers

Gregory Hoblit

Charles Weinstock

Jeff Danna

Kramer Morgenthau

David Rosenbloom

Paul E. Short

LaFaye Baker

William H. Burton Sr.

Cory Fleming

Dale Gibson

John Ashby

Tom McComas

Joe Don Harris

Ed McDermott II

Deborah Aquila

Jennifer L. Smith

Tricia Wood

Paul Eads

Mindy Roffman

Nancy Nye

Elisabetta Beraldo

Suzie Sax

Mychael Danna

Cynthia Barr

Jane English

Christina Smith

Margit Pfeiffer

Clinton Wayne

Michael Hatzer

Shreyance Parakh

**Gripping!!**

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Some of you may find (or I should say try to) faults in this gripping courtroom drama but for the rest this movie is a lovely, more than just about courtroom, dual between the ever talented Anthony Hopkins and the not just about looks Ryan Gosling.The chemistry between the two is really difficult to not feel right from the first time in the courtroom where the Hannibal Lecterish Crawford gestures Beachum to adjust his bow tie.It is amazing how the movie grips you despite knowing the fact right from the start who is the killer.Though Crawford is too smart to be believable, the way its played it doesn't raise the slightest of doubt in your mind about its actual existence.Beachum's urge to put the devilish Crawford behind bars for trying to kill his wife and then getting away with it can be seen greatly in the scene in the hospital when Beachum tries to stop Crawford from pulling the plug of his wife's ventilator.The only thing i found missing was the almost lifeless, short lived, romantic relation of Crawford and Nikki Gardner(Rosamund Pike who looks stunning in the movie).Maybe it wouldn't have helped the movie's plot in any way except Crawford's asking for a favor from Gardner's dad later in the movie that's why they didn't put too much efforts to make them a couple.In all a great courtroom, psychological, thrilling, drama with great acting.And i'd better not forget to mention David Strathairn's portrayal of DA Lobruto which was too good and I'd have loved to see more of him... Don't miss this one if you like an intriguing courtroom drama!!

Jack

This is my kind of film. Suspense throughout, mystery till the very end... I could write a long review about the film but I realise it wouldn't be that different to what others have already said about it, so my only criticism goes to Anthony Hopkins.

I enjoy watching Anthony Hopkins. I really do. He is a brilliant actor and deserves all the credit he gets. However, his acting seems rather repetitive. He is always assigned to play the role of a man who is highly intelligent, mysterious, always a man of wisdom. Yes, this makes him an interesting character to watch, but we have seen it so many times. The funny thing though this never gets boring. So, I guess, hats off to him for his ability to make us watch the same character over and over again.

Would I watch this film again? Well, I guess so, only if it was on the telly and there is nothing else to watch it. Would I make my friends watch it? Possibly.

CinemaSerf

This has all the ingredients of a classic crime drama - a great cast, some slick writing and a healthy dose of suspense. Sir Anthony Hopkins as the meticulously fiendish aeronautics engineer/millionaire ("Crawford") who discovers his wife is up to some mischief and so takes matters into his own hands (or does he?). Ryan Gosling ("Willy Beachum") is the sloppy and complacent prosecution attorney with his eyes on a big, private sector, promotion away from the district attorney's office so is initially easy prey in this sophisticated game of manipulation/counter manipulation. When he begins to cotton on that he's being played, then the rest of the plot makes for a really enthralling, tensely written and deviously plausible story. We are never in doubt as to who did what - but can they get away with it? That's the million dollar question in this well crafted battle of wits. Well worth watching.

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