Twisted and turned

Rating: 10/10 (19 September 2018)

The film itself is as steady as a rock: the performances given by each of the jurors are absolutely outstanding. And the camerawork is amazing. But the thing that's really astonishing, is how well the script is written.
At the beginning of the movie it seems a clear cut case: The boy's guilty, no doubt.
But as it progresses, and each time juror number eight, or nine, notices something new, something that make's you thing about the boys guilt, or innocence, the case get's, like Lee Cobb said: Twisted and turned. Not in a way that the boy is clearly guilty and should get the death penalty. But in a way that it's very unlikely the boy hasn't done it, but as heroic as juror number eight is in his way, he stands up to the fate of the boy, because there's room for reasonable doubt. And can get everyone to agree with the fact that it is not for a hundred percent sure the boy has done it.
Although juror number eight knows that the chance the boys guilty, is maybe even greater than the chance he's not, he still believes in that room for reasonable doubt. And in second chances.