Pure class: The acting, the story, the "location", everything - a MUST watch movie

Rating: 10/10 (16 April 2006)

You don't need flash CGI, million dollar special effects budgets, beautiful exotic locations that add nothing to the movie,and especially you don't need barely audible, muffled, mumbled dialogue.
What you get is literally 12 angry men, acting their socks off to a fantastically simple to understand and complex to live through story. There is only one location and yet you will hardly notice from start to finish. There is no car chase, but you will be on the edge of your seat.
Henry Fonda defines the difference between "actors" and people who work in films. You believe who he is and what he is saying, you are almost there with him.
The story is simple: Latino boy is on trial on a death penalty for killing his father. 11 jurors see it as an open and shut case, one doesn't. They each have their own reason for their decision, but there is a boys life at stake.