12 Angry Men
It explodes like 12 sticks of dynamite!
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Produced by Orion-Nova Productions
A tense, ideas-driven courtroom drama where twelve jurors' prejudices and moral convictions clash over a capital murder case, ultimately becoming a meditation on justice, doubt, and human conscience.
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
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Is 12 Angry Men one of a kind? Yes. More singular than 88% of films.
Is 12 Angry Men scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Is 12 Angry Men violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Does 12 Angry Men end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is 12 Angry Men sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is 12 Angry Men easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
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Nearest across the full emotional profile.
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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like 12 Angry Men, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like 12 Angry Men, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
