Conviction Reviews
The Patriot Ledger
'Conviction' seldom fails to win on appeal.
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| Original Score: B
Movie Nation
Hilary Swank won her two Oscars for other films, but this may be her best performance yet.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Big Hollywood
Hilary Swank delivers in this compelling tale of a woman who attends law school to prove her brother's innocence in court.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Uruguay Total
La historia tiene todos los elementos de esas típicas películas para televisión basadas en hechos reales. Pero las estupendas actuaciones de Hilary Swank y Sam Rockwell la convierten en una opción digna y emotiva.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Movie Talk
Jaw set resolutely forward but upper lip aquiver with emotion, Hilary Swank plays a remarkable crusader for justice in this stirring true-story drama.
Movies.com
This Lifetime movie is a really good Lifetime movie, cut thick like a fried potato wedge at Chili's, dipped in Academy Award-flavored dressing and, dang it, kind of moving. And I told myself I wouldn't cry.
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| Original Score: 3/5
ComingSoon.net
It's a little too convinced of its own righteousness and doesn't see enough need for character doubt or drama. In many spots in fact it's quite good, but it thinks it's better than it is and doesn't see any reason to make it's own case.
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| Original Score: 6.5/10
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
Conviction is unashamedly straightforward in showing how a lot of hard work and sheer willpower was able to correct an injustice.
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| Original Score: B
At the Movies (Australia)
Goldwyn isn't an amazing director, but there are pretty good performers in this film.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
At the Movies (Australia)
Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell, the latter portraying Kenny as an uncontrollable force of nature, and also Melissa Leo, who is quietly powerful as the arresting officer, are all excellent.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Sydney Morning Herald
Director Tony Goldwyn does a good job telling a complicated story.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
FILMINK (Australia)
While it's overly earnest in places, this inspiring story never veers into excessive sentimentality and is driven by a handful of great performances.
Urban Cinefile
At times it feels like a TV movie, never quite achieving the gravitas and emotional heights it deserves, despite strong performances by Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell.
What Culture
The fact that it is directed with a sub-Shawshank regard for tact and restraint is neither here nor there; this is a potent, superbly-acted tale of determination in the face of enormous adversity...
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Film4
Commendable without being especially electrifying, Conviction is held together by committed performances, despite a relative lack of flair in other departments.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Guardian [UK]
A major plus is that little attempt is made to make the wrongly convicted brother appear likable.
Daily Express
Despite good intentions and moving moments it could almost be a television movie.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Daily Mirror [UK]
Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell certainly throw themselves into in this true-life crime drama. But Conviction wouldn't look out of place as a Channel 5 matinée and sits uneasily on the big screen.
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| Original Score: 3/5
This is London
It's a great story but, the acting apart, plonkingly told.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Sun Online
While script, pacing and direction all give this the feel of a TV movie, it's the performances that elevate it.
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| Original Score: 3/5
