12 Angry Men is a fine depiction of reason and argument along with marvelous direction and acting.

Rating: 10/10 (19 October 2015)

The movie opens with the scene where a boy is convicted of murder by the court and the court asks the jury members to give their verdict. The way the opposition lawyer presents the case, it looks like an open-and-shut case. The boy is guilty is what everyone thinks.
The jury room consisting of 12 jurors has to arrive upon a decision which seems quite easy- the boy is guilty of murder. For the next 80 minutes, the audience see nothing but a jury room and 12 jurors arguing to reach a decision. Now that's where the surprise and twist takes hold gradually.
Henry Fonda playing juror#8 has some "reasonable doubt" over the boy's situation. He bases his claims on reason and logic and as the movie progresses, more and more jurors get convinced that the boy isn't guilty.
In the end, all of them get convinced by the arguments posed by juror#8 that the boy is innocent. The way the discussions follow, gradually and pacing up finally culminating every juror into one and only verdict- not guilty.
This movie has a simple storyline but with marvelous dialogs and acting. It is one of the most brilliant form of art ever produced by Hollywood.