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01/01/00
A Time to Kill (1996)
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Reviews Counted:48
Fresh:33
Rotten:15
Average Rating:6.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 30 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: This adaptation of John Grisham's bestseller takes place in the small town of Canton, Mississippi, where two White rednecks kidnap, rape and savagely beat a young Black girl. The men are caught,... [More]
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Sandra Bullock
Director: Joel Schumacher
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Reviews for A Time to Kill
No review available.
04/12/02
A gritty, intense and engaging courtroom drama.
06/14/09
What craven offal!
06/14/09
Dumbed down debate on the death penalty.
07/23/03
Like many artists today, Grisham and Schumacher exploit racial tension without understanding it.
01/01/00
Director Joel Schumacher and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman seem incapable of emphasizing what's important and relegating the rest to secondary status.
01/01/00
With Joel Schumacher's tasteful but second-rate-Sidney-Lumet direction and Akiva Goldsman's nuts-and-bolts script, these boys have created a surprisingly stirring indictment of racism.
08/13/06
No review available.
08/22/03
There is so much plot crammed into this 21/2-hour thriller that instead of an epic, ensemble tale of racism in modern America, it becomes an episodic, skim-the-surface series of melodramatic skits.
01/01/00
Never has a 145-minute film been less thrilling and more predictable.
01/01/00
No review available.
04/16/04
Nothing more than an entry in Matthew McConaughey's filmography.
02/14/03
Untrained as an actor, with only three minor roles to his credit, McConaughey holds the screen against Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock and Kevin Spacey, and completely justifies the buzz surrounding his role...
06/18/02
Top CriticNo review available.
06/26/03
Proves that imaginative lawyers can sometimes tease justice out of her hiding places.
08/27/02
Justice may be blind, but rarely have courtroom dramas presumed quite so heavily on cultural myopia as this heinous version of John Grisham's first novel.
02/09/06
No review available.
01/01/00
Looks aren't enough. In the lead, McConaughey isn't there.
07/04/04
Despite certain drawbacks, A Time to Kill is involving, energetic, and occasionally thought-provoking. All things considered, this film will make for a worthwhile trip to the cinema for all, not just those who have time to kill.
01/01/00
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