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Not realistic. But 'realistic' would be boring. This movie was good.

posted 9 years ago by jmichael3387
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Good entertaining movie. I like a movie that makes you feel for the good guys....and that demonizes the bad guys. Really get the emotion going. This movie had all that. It was entertaining.

A little thing that probably doesn't get mentioned....I loved the look on the reverend's kisser when the NAACP's plan to take-over the case got shot down. That was hilarious.

The most unrealistic thing, obviously, was....of ALL the cases to bring back the KKK after years of being quiet....they're really going to choose a case of double-rape of a black 10-year-old by white guys?? Geez, even the KKK is against that.

But hey, you gotta do what you gotta do to make a movie entertaining. If it was totally realistic it would be boring. Good movie.

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[–] laiframor 8 years ago

I agree very good movie, but I don't necessarily agree with the unrealistic comment. The decade which the movie is set is the only thing that is questionable. The KKK get involved more because of a black guy killing two white men and seriously wounding another. The KKK was sought out by the men in town, and it seemed more like they were less of an organization but were basically based in the nearest major city as opposed to being brought back from nowhere

[–] hawker2005 8 years ago

Someone who got the point. It's a period piece based on the Grisham novel. This above poster that "thought it sucked" obviously had no idea what depth in a story was, regardless of how overt or more nuanced it happens to be. One of my favorite movies still to this day. What an amazing cast. Matty M, Bullockses, Sam Jackson, Kevin Spacey(one of the greatest), Keifer and Donald Sutherland, Ashley Judd, Charles S Dutton, Chris Cooper, and a few more. A great and underrated movie.

[–] unknown_soul278 8 years ago

For the location and time period it was very realistic.