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Film · 1957 · Legal drama

12 Angry Men

Directed by Sidney Lumet
1957
★ 8.7 editorial score

Nothing beats it as a filmed argument, and it happens in a single room: eleven jurors want to go home, one will not, and the temperature keeps rising.

“In form, "12 Angry Men" is a courtroom drama. In purpose, it's a crash course in those passages of the Constitution that promise defendants a fair trial and the presumption of innocence. It has a kind of stark simplicity: Apart from a brief setup and a briefer epilogue, the entire film takes place within a small New York City jury room...as 12 men debate the fate of a young defendant charged with murdering his father.”
— Roger Ebert · rogerebert.com
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1957Depicts 1950s

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