Prejudice explored

Rating: 9/10 (23 April 2018)

The film 12 Angry Men by Sidney Lumet gives us a picture of a very probably real life situation of negotiations taking place. It follows 12 white male jurors trying to reach a verdict in the murder trial of a Puerto Rican teenager who is accused of knifing his father. The task the jurors have is grave as their decision must be unanimous in whether this boy is to be given the death penalty. Despite the gravity of the situation, not everyone perceives it this way.
I enjoyed how the complexity of human prejudice is explored in the film. While its central story is based on the fact that 12 white jurors are reaching a verdict on a migrant Puerto Rican teenager's murder trial, the film also turns the prejudice on the viewer - in our assumption that all 12 men are the same.
It is highly enjoyable and spurs good thought.