Crime
Drama
Thriller
The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.
Directors
Reese Witherspoon
Pam Hobbs
Colin Firth
Ron Lax
Alessandro Nivola
Terry Hobbs
James Hamrick
Damien Echols
Seth Meriwether
Jason Baldwin
Kristopher Higgins
Jessie Misskelley
Amy Ryan
Margaret Lax
Kevin Durand
John Mark Byers
Bruce Greenwood
Judge David Burnett
Stephen Moyer
John Fogelman
Elias Koteas
Jerry Driver
Martin Henderson
Brent Davis
Rex Linn
Chief Inspector Gitchell
Collette Wolfe
Glori Shettles
Dane DeHaan
Chris Morgan
Mireille Enos
Vicki Hutcherson
Haley Craft
Teenage Employee
Julie Ivey
Melissa Byers
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I had no knowledge of this story before watching this film, so I won't judge it as harshly as maybe some others on the facts. I particular liked the opening of the movie right before the boys disappeared and Reese Witherspoon gave off a great performance as the grieving mother. She is a big reason why I enjoyed this movie more than maybe I should do. There are questions raised as to whether she should have had as much screen time as she did, however it just gave me that much more sympathy for her to get the justice she deserves. That particularly hair pulling scene was powerful. From the end tags, it is obvious there was a lot more to this case than what we actually saw. Colin Firth did not do a whole for me, I wished to have seen more reasoning behind him and better understand his character. He felt more like an observer than anything. Same goes with the 3 suspects who did not get as much screen time as I had hoped. At first, it did seem likely the police had the right people, especially with a confession from one of them, but the film slowly took a dig at the police because they never investigated anyone else, they didn't file all the evidence and said some of it was misplaced. Was that down to laziness or incompetence? They didn't completely hate on the police in this movie, but they did have a small dig. Despite many problems I did have, I do think the movie was quite suspenseful at times and it is a well shot movie. The movie does move at quite a slow pace, but I can't say I was ever bored watching the courtroom stuff.
6/10
KayP9709 Oct, 2022
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