One of the all time best movies

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2015)

You know you have a great story when there's no need for location changes, special fx, or gimmicks. 12 Angry Men takes us on a journey by examining what is truth vs perception of truth when personal viewpoints, emotions and prejudices are attached. You are left asking yourself how hard is it to be truly unbiased while someone's life hangs in the balance. Are you sure what you believe is what you believe under intense scrutiny and in the presence of undeniable truth. The cast is excellent and each character is markedly different from the next which makes every bit of dialog and interaction be it verbal or non-verbal very tense at times and also suspenseful. Henry Fonda plays Juror #8. He soon becomes the ringmaster of this jury room circus. His chief antagonist will be juror # 3 played by Lee J. Cobb. These two couldn't be more polarized on the issue of guilty or not guilty. Each argument that is presented by each juror must be examined, re-examined, and proved without a reasonable doubt. Layers of the proverbial onion are peeled back until we are left with nothing but raw unadulterated truth. It may very well be the truth not about guilt or innocence, rather truth about ourselves.