Spoiler Warning. Make that 13 Angry Men!

Rating: Null/10 (11 March 2003)

Make that 13 Angry Men! (include me) From the opening pan of the courtroom and the shot of the wide-eyed "victim" (all ready for his painted-on-velvet close-up), I knew where this movie was heading. Henry Fonda, in his white suit was liberal political correctness personified. I'm not taking anything away from the plot and the characterizations and the impressive acting all around, only that the intentions were so blatant and the action so manipulative. Would Hollywood ever have made a movie where the direction of the action moved from innocent to guilty? Not on your tin police badge! I hoped that at least E.G. Marshall would have stuck to his guns (so to speak) but the plot had him cave because of Fonda's evidence of litte dents in the side of the nose from glasses. Ugh. Now we all can go home and feel better about how good the good guys are and how bad and corrupt the system is.