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Just Mercy
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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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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. Jan 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. Jan 20, 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. Jan 17, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
[I]t's never less than engrossing. Even with the schmaltz.
Kevin Maher
Jordan... has steel and energy in his part, and... Foxx... gives a beautifully modulated, unflashy and quietly moving performance, easily his best in at least a decade. Jan 16, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Jordan... has steel and energy in his part, and... Foxx... gives a beautifully modulated, unflashy and quietly moving performance, easily his best in at least a decade.
Tim Robey
The markers of the story are so familiar (venal law enforcement, leaned-on witnesses, the courtroom), it takes nerve to tell it this simply. Jan 15, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The markers of the story are so familiar (venal law enforcement, leaned-on witnesses, the courtroom), it takes nerve to tell it this simply.
Danny Leigh
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. Jan 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
Moving and inspirational, Just Mercy deserves your attention. [Full review in Spanish} Jan 25, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Moving and inspirational, Just Mercy deserves your attention. [Full review in Spanish}
Fico Cangiano
This is a tough film to watch due to the injustices that are at the core, although the courage and heroism displayed by Bryan Stevenson shine brightly. Jan 25, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
This is a tough film to watch due to the injustices that are at the core, although the courage and heroism displayed by Bryan Stevenson shine brightly.
Sarah Knight Adamson
With a welcome lack of political grandstanding (even filibustering) and award-friendly speechifying, this does tend to go on a bit, but there's still an excellent cast to distract you... Jan 24, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
With a welcome lack of political grandstanding (even filibustering) and award-friendly speechifying, this does tend to go on a bit, but there's still an excellent cast to distract you...
David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
A very sympathetic, almost sweet tone for this gut-wrenching story... Jan 24, 2020 | Full Review…
A very sympathetic, almost sweet tone for this gut-wrenching story...
Sucharita Tyagi
Foxx's performance as McMillian continues to haunt me. He transforms from the easygoing lumberjack to a stifled, cautious prisoner, who, after so many disappointments and losses, can barely let himself hope for any measure of justice. Jan 24, 2020 | Full Review…
Foxx's performance as McMillian continues to haunt me. He transforms from the easygoing lumberjack to a stifled, cautious prisoner, who, after so many disappointments and losses, can barely let himself hope for any measure of justice.
Catherine Capellaro
Not even Michael B. Jordan, the charismatic star of Creed, can lift Just Mercy out of do-gooder drudgery. Jan 24, 2020 | Full Review…
Not even Michael B. Jordan, the charismatic star of Creed, can lift Just Mercy out of do-gooder drudgery.
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