A fine film

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2005)

A fantastic film, which overwhelms with its deep simplicity. Four settings in a 90 minute masterpiece, with about 85 of them in one room. Twelve jurors, which all have a deep, round character, although each only talks for a mere 5-12 minutes. At the beginning the ballots are 11:1 for guilty, and at the end they are 12:0 for not guilty and you are convinced yourself, convinced of what? Convinced that this is a brilliant movie.
At the beginning you think, how will we be introduced into the case, how will we see who committed the crime and how did he do it. After half an hour you don't care about it, you want to know how the remaining 8 people will be convinced. After one hour you want to know why the remaining four jurors are not convinced yet, and you are now, without even having noticed it introduced to at least 10 minor details of the case. And only after the second viewing did I even notice that I'm exactly at the same point where i was after the very first scene, who committed the crime, this is the only question that remains open.