The Chamber Reviews
September 7, 2011
Full Review
| Original Score: C
June 15, 2007
The story, about a young lawyer handling the last appeals of his grandfather, who is on death row, has enough little surprises and mysteries to stay interesting, and the stars milk it for all they’ve got.
Original Score: 3/5
March 8, 2006
Lacking the surface glitz, attention-grabbing plot and star power of John Grisham's previous adaptations, Folley's film will also suffer due to comparisons with the similarly-themed and better Tim Robbins' Dead Man Walking, released last year.
Original Score: 2/5
July 2, 2005
Original Score: 2/5
May 6, 2005
Original Score: 2/5
January 18, 2004
Original Score: 2/5
May 14, 2003
Original Score: 1.5/4
March 16, 2003
Full Review
| Original Score: 3/4
February 6, 2003
Original Score: 2/5
August 27, 2002
Emotionally affecting drama that shows that healing is possible across the generations.
July 31, 2002
Original Score: 2/5
July 25, 2002
Ham-fisted preachifying pablum.
Original Score: 2/5
June 18, 2002
Full Review
| Original Score: 1/4
October 16, 2001
Original Score: 1.5/5
January 1, 2000
Any subject, including racism, can be the legitimate material of a movie. But I am not happy when I see deep wounds in our society being opened for the purpose of entertainment.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2/4
January 1, 2000
Often muddled and confusing, with dialogue that rings false as loudly as a church bell.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2/5
January 1, 2000
Original Score: 2/4
January 1, 2000
Full Review
| Original Score: 1.5/4
January 1, 2000
Full Review
| Original Score: 4/10
January 1, 2000
Full Review
| Original Score: 1/4