A film in a single room.

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2020)

This cult classic showcases us how the jury system works. It shows that 12 jury members who are compete strangers, have different perspectives, comes to a single conclusion and how hard this process can be. In this movie a Puerto Rican youth is accused pf stabbing his father to death. After the trial, the jury members accumulate to discuss whether the boy is guilty or not. Everyone was convinced that the boy was guilty but only after the vote we saw that only one person(Jury 8) voted for not guilty. And this when the mind battle starts, where Jury 8 creates some doubts about the incident as well as the people who appeared as witness. This movie shows that how a case which seems so simple can be a lot complex.