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Just Mercy dramatizes a real-life injustice with solid performances, a steady directorial hand, and enough urgency to overcome a certain degree of earnest advocacy.
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It's good acting at its finest in this preaching to the choir "right to life" drama that might have worked had the filmmakers chosen to show the audience a little mercy by not constantly talking down to them. January 29, 2020 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
It's good acting at its finest in this preaching to the choir "right to life" drama that might have worked had the filmmakers chosen to show the audience a little mercy by not constantly talking down to them.
Scott Marks
Jordan, however, is completely persuasive. The virtues possessed by Stevenson are all on the quiet side. His analytical flair is matched by his patience, his tenacity and his acuity. January 21, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Jordan, however, is completely persuasive. The virtues possessed by Stevenson are all on the quiet side. His analytical flair is matched by his patience, his tenacity and his acuity.
Sandra Hall
Still, by the time you reach the end - and realise how closely the film-makers have stuck to the facts - you won't care. That the truth will out is entertainment enough. January 21, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Still, by the time you reach the end - and realise how closely the film-makers have stuck to the facts - you won't care. That the truth will out is entertainment enough.
Charlotte O'Sullivan
[I]t's never less than engrossing. Even with the schmaltz. January 17, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
[I]t's never less than engrossing. Even with the schmaltz.
Kevin Maher
The film's power lies in the brutality of its true story, and yet that narrative stays within fairly conventional bounds precisely because of Cretton's commitment to telling it. January 14, 2020 | Full Review…
The film's power lies in the brutality of its true story, and yet that narrative stays within fairly conventional bounds precisely because of Cretton's commitment to telling it.
David Sims
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, "Just Mercy" follows a predictable path that is nonetheless rousing due to the strength of its real-life elements. January 14, 2020 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, "Just Mercy" follows a predictable path that is nonetheless rousing due to the strength of its real-life elements.
Adam Graham
A time or two you may find the sides of your eyes stinging. Just Mercy is a great film, that is, if you're emotionally and mentally ready for it. February 21, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A time or two you may find the sides of your eyes stinging. Just Mercy is a great film, that is, if you're emotionally and mentally ready for it.
Phumlani S Langa
...a testament to what talented actors can do with material that might otherwise be stifling. February 20, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
...a testament to what talented actors can do with material that might otherwise be stifling.
Josh Larsen
'Just Mercy' delivers compelling true story of bigotry, justice. February 16, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
'Just Mercy' delivers compelling true story of bigotry, justice.
Linda Cook
Here in 2020, ya gotta love a call for empathy, especially one that comes in the form of speaking truth to power. February 16, 2020 | Full Review…
Here in 2020, ya gotta love a call for empathy, especially one that comes in the form of speaking truth to power.
Dan Scully
A bit fussy and completely predictable. Pedestrian in its approach...a bit like a made-for-TV thing, which in 2020 is an insult... February 12, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A bit fussy and completely predictable. Pedestrian in its approach...a bit like a made-for-TV thing, which in 2020 is an insult...
Shawn Edwards
an earnest and important film about the still-festering sore of race in today's America - though when pitted against inveterate, sneering prejudice, its protagonist's one-note saintliness, however real, does not make for the most compelling drama February 6, 2020 | Full Review…
an earnest and important film about the still-festering sore of race in today's America - though when pitted against inveterate, sneering prejudice, its protagonist's one-note saintliness, however real, does not make for the most compelling drama
Anton Bitel
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