Amazing film

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2010)

An amazing movie in every aspect, plot characters (actors), dialog, atmosphere, directing, and the list goes on.You, the viewer may be misled by the apparent simple, linear plot, but in fact it involves the whole specter of human behavior, and shows us the consequences of the humans damaged way of thinking.
Fortunately not all people are the same.Out of 12 people we may find one man who's able to turn the rest around, back on the tracks of justice and moral duty.
To put it simple, what do we obtain if we put 12 different men, and when i mean different, i mean different like fire/water, in the same room? We get an outstanding sample of how things really occur in the jurors chamber.It's not pleasant, not nice. Every character has it's own faulty impressions, it's own flaws, defects and those things have a direct importance in making a vital decision, a life and death one.Whether it's right or wrong, who cares?,justice won't prevail, never did, never will, there's no objectivity, everything comes to those 12 angry men.Well, seems like juror no8 has something to say about the failure of the USA justice system.It's a proof of character and civic duty to stand in front of 11 men pleading guilty, and say not guilty, "like a pain in the ass", like an obstacle in front of "more important things to do", like there is something more important than the life of a young man.
Maybe i'm naive, but i'd like to think we live in a fair world, even if the reality shows us something else, I admire and salute the presence of juror no8 in this classic, beautiful interpreted by Henry Fonda. Funny, how one man can make a difference, this is in fact the whole message, that a single man can turn things around, if he keeps his temper and shows character.We live in an unfair world, that's the inconvenient truth, the question is: what are those involved in the system, especially the jurors, going to do? Watch carefully and find out.
The budget is ridiculous, but what do you need money for, when you have Sydney Lumet? Big budgets don't guarantee success, 12 angry men is the proof. This one is more than just a movie, it's the truth we all know and do not say. Think that the same situation could happen again, if not already did, without Fonda being there to literally save the defendant, what then?
Very very impressed and overwhelmed by this movie.That is why I rate it a well deserved 10/10.