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Cameron Todd Willingham
Elizabeth Gilbert
Stacy Willingham
Hurst
Julie Gilbert
Daniels
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Trial by Fire... forces Willingham through a kind of poetic transformation.
December 10, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
Powerful stuff, but unpowerfully told, in part because the energies in "Trial by Fire" are split between proving Todd Willingham's innocence and building an argument against the death penalty no matter what the verdict.
May 24, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review… -
The movie is painstakingly well made and murderously hard to sit through.
May 20, 2019 | Full Review… -
There's that masterpiece of a micro-performance by Jeff Perry, in that single scene. That alone is worth the price of admission.
May 17, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
O'Connell and Dern, meanwhile, find the common ground in their characters that keeps "Trial by Fire" simmering.
May 17, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review… -
The film plods at points, trudging along, and there are a few misguided narrative 'devices' tacked on.
May 17, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
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