12 Angry Men is a 1957 American classic, or epic, or whatever you call it, movie which deals with the complicated emotion of prejudice. It tells the story of a jury of 12 men from various aspects of the society who tries to find out a unanimous decision about whether a 17 year old boy accused of killing his father is guilty or not. From the cross examination of eye witnesses and circumstantial evidences, 11 of the 12 are convinced that the boy is guilty and they argued for death sentence. But there was one man who was not convinced that the boy was guily. Since they have to come up with a unanimous decision, those who says "GUILTY" tries to convince the person who said he had a doubt.
As mentioned before, the group consists of different kind of people. One of them has to attend a function in the evening, so he wants to wrap the things up quickly. Another person had a bitter experience from his own son, hence he believes most of the kids are bad. All these prejudices masked their ability to take the correct decision. The discussion gradually becomes an arguement and the sole person who had doubt in whether the boy is guilty or not manages to convince the other 10 that there is a chance that the boy is innocent. But there is still one person who believes that the kid is guilty, and now the situation is exactly the opposite to the situation when they started the discussion, ie 11 "GUITLY" to 1 "NOT GUILTY". The film ends with the only person arguing that the boy is guilty admitting that he can be "NOT GUILTY", and the jury moving to the court to declare their decision that the boy can be "NOT GUILTY".
The twist and turns are so engaging that you'll watch the movie without even taking a break.The dialogues will keep you glued to your seat. The entire movie is shot in a single room, but it is never going to bore you. I give it a must watch rating.
My Rating : Must Watch (****)
As mentioned before, the group consists of different kind of people. One of them has to attend a function in the evening, so he wants to wrap the things up quickly. Another person had a bitter experience from his own son, hence he believes most of the kids are bad. All these prejudices masked their ability to take the correct decision. The discussion gradually becomes an arguement and the sole person who had doubt in whether the boy is guilty or not manages to convince the other 10 that there is a chance that the boy is innocent. But there is still one person who believes that the kid is guilty, and now the situation is exactly the opposite to the situation when they started the discussion, ie 11 "GUITLY" to 1 "NOT GUILTY". The film ends with the only person arguing that the boy is guilty admitting that he can be "NOT GUILTY", and the jury moving to the court to declare their decision that the boy can be "NOT GUILTY".
The twist and turns are so engaging that you'll watch the movie without even taking a break.The dialogues will keep you glued to your seat. The entire movie is shot in a single room, but it is never going to bore you. I give it a must watch rating.
My Rating : Must Watch (****)
