excellently played, impressive

Rating: 8/10 (21 November 2008)

This is a wonderful movie from Clint Eastwood, also being original compared to others he has released (due to the subject handled and the setting in the late Twenties). The director put together many powerful scenes, including an execution that's terribly strong. That said most of the sequences, though being a bit too much melodramatic, are powerful and the legal/courtroom ending is also effective. Eastwood has here evoked also a typical Hollywood style, in the sense that all the events don't show up in a rush, allowing the story to develop at a pace that could be defined natural. Angelina Jolie is truly impressive and really fits her role, never lacking credibility or pathos (absolutely necessary for the part she played).