12 Angry Men [1997] (DVD) Reviews

Synopsis: 12 men on a jury are faced with the task of trialing a youth offender, they all agree guilty except one man shows how the minority can convince the majority. 12 Angry Men was my first insight into Lumet's work and since then has remained my favourite (followed closely by Dog Day Afternoon and Network), his debut film of ...  Read the complete review

12 Angry Men is widely touted as legendary director Sidney Lumet's (who also helmed the likes of Dog Day Afternoon, The Verdict and Network) masterpiece. It is a classic story that has been parodied and imitated in numerous media forms, from child cartoons to a recent foreign language remake simply entitled 12. It is also revolutionary for being ...  Read the complete review

This classic 1957 film starring Henry Fonda, has to be one of my favourite films for several reasons. Firstly it is a sign of masterful film making and directing by Sidney Lumet that such an engrossing, suspenseful and excellent film can be produced when almost every scene is filmed in one single room. The story revolves around a young ...  Read the complete review

12 Angry Men, is one of those films were nothing really happens, but it still makes compulsive viewing. This review is of the 1997 remake, rather than the 1957 original, although the remake is set in the same time period. The film starts when the judge is a murder trial sends the 12 jurors off the deliberate. They immediately do a ...  Read the complete review