this film definitly has one of the best screenplays i've ever seen.
it feels like it makes an argument spanning over 97 min look easy to write.
all these character feel like they are human, they give us enough to know they're deal and why they think what they think and why they might change they're mind.
12 Angry Men
Life is in their hands — Death is on their minds!
Rating
5.0 (1)
Release Date
4/10/1957Runtime
97 minsGenres
Overview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$397,751Revenue
$4,360,000Homepage
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How It Feels
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A confined room becomes a pressure cooker as twelve strangers argue over a boy's life, gradually exposing their own biases and fears. The drama unfolds entirely through debate, building to moments of genuine moral reckoning.
Mood
TenseContemplativeAngryParanoid
Themes
JusticeIdentityPowerComing apart
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
Black and whiteFormalist
Structure
Single location
Reviews
Bro turned an entire room against someone.
He IS him
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