Can anyone say overacting?

Rating: 3/10 (21 November 2005)

I've watched this movie on three occasions. It baffles me how this is considered a classic movie. I'm not going to go into the plot or storyline of this movie other to say it's about a jury deliberation in a murder trial. The premise for the this movie is O.K. but some of the script seems excessive or down right silly; take for example the man who is really upset with his son. He's mad with his own son so he's going to convict this other young man for murder???????? Awwww, but wait; Henry Fonda is here to comfort the guy and to get him to do the right thing. What B.S. Also take a look at the dummy that wants to go to the baseball game. Who acts like this in real life? Now maybe he does want to go to the game and is willing to vote with the majority so he can get going but this would be called a SECRET AGENDA with the emphasis on SECRET. He wouldn't be telling everyone; like I said, who acts like this in real life. The characters in this movie are totally unbelievable and everything is overacted. Just my two cents.