One of the greatest character studies of all time

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2007)

What better way to analyse the persona's of twelve men than to film a heated jury meeting. Throughout the length of Sidney Lumet's twelve angry men little things were picked up by me and gave me ideas in my mind as to the mindset of each of these twelve men. None of the jurors had boring persona's. The director (Sidney Lumet) didn't put people in just to make up numbers. The movie would have been awful if all the dialogue was cut up between three or four characters and thankfully it wasn't. The movie sways a lot at times as well we have scenes of enigmatic melancholy counter balancing with heart warming innocence. Some movies even great movies have characters to make up numbers but as I mentioned earlier on, twelve angry men doesn't. Some criticise saying the movie makes stereotypical views of conservatives but I don't watch it from a political view. It is full of very moving and powerful scenes and if you want a movie to make you think go for this.