Excellent movie that still holds up 60 years later

Rating: 9/10 (8 November 2019)

12 Angry Men is essentially a wordy film that epitomizes civic duty. Director Sidney Lumet does a phenomenal job at taking a script with 12 average looking men that hardly ever leave one room and creating a startlingly moving picture. The movie is shot entirely in black and white, which in my opinion, plays a positive role in highlighting the amazing dialogue.
Henry Fonda leads a troupe of men serving their jury duty down a truly thought provoking rabbit-hole that ultimately tries to determine if the young man on trial is guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt". The intense dialogue in the movie brings to light an often forgotten subject that is just as prevalent in real life as in the movie - the art of arguing.
My only knock on the movie is the slight far-fetched detective skills of Fonda himself. His Sherlock Holmes' like nose for detail is the only way to make the movie work but I must say that he points out/recalls some flat out miraculous details hours after a brief hearing.
The bottom line is that despite this movie's age, it still provides a relevant perspective of the American jury system - and many of its flaws.