Review of 12 Angry Men (1957) by Kai82 — 22 Jan 2020

This is the master class of film making, acting and directing. On the surface it is about 12 jurors that are counseling about a verdict in a murder case. On the inside it is as much about the jurors themselves, justice, life philosophies, psychology, group dynamics and responsibility.

The whole movie takes place in just one room. There are no distractions and each misstep would hurt this movie badly. This is the ultimate strength of this movie. There are no mistakes, out of character moments, bad dialogues, wasted scenes or other errors.

The cast and the acting is so close to perfection as possible. Each juror delivers his role in such a genuine way that I cant find a single flaw in this movie. If I praise the actors I must also praise the director Sidney Lumet.

He should definitely have gotten more Oscars in his career (He made many great movies). I want also to mentioned that I first watched this movie when I was 12 or 13 years old just by zapping trough the channels.

This was something that shouldn't work at this age. I stopped zapping and started to watch this movie with fascination. As I got older it got even better as I did understand many things more with my additional life experience.

Overall this is a timeless classic that is deservedly highly praised and should be watched by everyone at least once.