Full of clichés. Strange hidden ideology.

Rating: Null/10 (22 March 2004)

I saw this movie yesterday and I must admit I found it very bad. It tries to show us something that could be real but it fails. There is absolutely no questioning about the validity of death penalty and the electric chair : they are only used to create a dramatic setting for the action (exactly the same way as the Vietnam war in "Forrest Gump" : things just happened there, nothing more... AMAZINGLY SUPERFICIAL !!!) In a way, this movie shows us the electrtic chair as being someting "normal" : il even has a nickname !! And we see the characters taking care of it as if their pride dependend on it (which is the case !)
And what about the sexist ideology carried by the movie ? Men are working hard, women are cooking ... and all of them are good Christians, of course.

And what about the general use of lies when it comes to save appearances : the lie about Mouseville, the lie about the brain cancer, the lie about who killed the girls ? (I mean : they just let an innocent being killed when they all knew he was innocent !!!) The movie shows us that when you lie, everything works fine : people live their lives in a cloud of bulls**t, but who cares ? Very Christian, indeed !
And what about the bad guy Percy Whetmore (hum... "Whetmore"...)? Full of clichés, stereotypical, so baaaaad it cannot be possible ! And of course, the man who fries on the chair is ... French !
Movies like this one are not just pure entertainment. They are the vehicle of a certain point of view on life, justice, and what is Good and what is Bad. This is all hidden behind a nice little story full of drama and emotions. But of course, after three executions, the mouse is safe !