100% deservingly to be on an all time top-10 list

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2016)

The only bad thing about this movie is that it ends, leaving the viewer with a bitter question : "why aren't there movies like this anymore?" No need for extravagant sets, no need for more than one room for the entire history of human race to unfold before our eyes. Looking inside of us, personally and as a species, we can all identify each and every one of the jurors. We all have acted indifferently, got carried away with anger, or with prejudice. We all are (or should be) capable of standing out for just causes like Henry Fonda's character. It's a question of choice, ethic and circumstance. Sidney Lumet, does an excellent job of subtle direction, delving into the very depths of human existence and civilization, keeping the highest entertainment value, succeeding where all the Bergmans and Tarkovskis have failed miserably. A triumph of American cinema, a movie that everyone must see before they die.