12 Angry Men : A great film which must be watched by anybody interested in learning more about the legal system.

Rating: 10/10 (9 March 2015)

Although this film by American director Sidney Lumet is called "12 Angry Men",it portrays much more than mere anger of 12 men whose services are required as jurors to decide the fate of a young boy accused of parricide.Everything starts for these men at a leisurely pace as a vast majority is convinced that the young boy is guilty of killing his father.However,it is at later stages that one discovers that not enough attention had been paid by these men in order to carefully study certain key facts which indicate that a lot of inconsistencies were found in what was expressed by the witnesses.It is said that a defense lawyer's negligence can send an innocent convict to gallows.In the same manner,an intelligent juror with clever arguments can help an innocent victim escape punishment.This is depicted in the form of actor Henry Fonda's character whose labored reasoning outwits unreasonable arguments given by other jurors.These arguments do not come alone as they enable other jurors to somewhat get rid of their prejudices.This is one key lesson one learns from watching this film which suggests that finding the truth in a court of law is no laughing matter.