A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.
Murder in the First has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of Murder in the First (1995)
By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Jan 2000
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By Sarah Wenk (16) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 02 Jan 2011
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By Brandon Judell (340) for PopcornQ (35) on 30 Jan 2005
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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 01 Jan 2000
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Murder in the First was released in 1995 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 347 reviews, giving Murder in the First (1995) an average rating of 75%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 50%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Murder in the First a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 75%, Murder in the First is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1995, which stands at 59%.
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