12 Angry Men

I'm not a professional film critic or anything, and I'm not trying to comment like one, but I've got something I'm pretty sure on why some movies are so great: They simply never stop on get better as the runtime go.
I saw the movie because of its reputation. I knew its something good and i wanted to find out why everyone can't stop praising it. So when Henry Fonda pulled out that switch blade and stuck it on the table, i thought "oh thats it, that's why they say this movie is great, a huge twist". And then came the old guy with great insights about the old man downstairs and the woman across the street, they were on 2 to 10; And then there was the man who shouts his hate for people from the slumps, everyone in the room showed him how ignorant he was, they were tied on 6/6; And finally, the last man teared up his photo with his son he haven't seen in 2 years, sobbingly say "not guilty" ... Everything built up like a pile of random acts at first, but as the movie progresses everything fell into place like a luxury box of Belgium chocolates. I'm not saying you need to be keep on getting better to be a great movie, a lot of classics don't work the same way (or even the opposite), but if a movie can build up like 12 Angry Men, you just can't be bad.

Truly a masterpiece. A film of the 50s, shot entirely in a single set, which manages to keep the tension always high alternating with moments of pause to let us viewers breathe and with super sensible motivations, without too much forcing. A denunciation of the American government that is said to be perfect but is full of prejudices. Every single actor played their part PERFECTLY. I never thought I would put a 10 on a 1h30m movie.

Simply perfect. A classic landmark movie in the whole cinema history. After watching movies like this you realize how low today's movies quality standards are.

Brilliantly illustrates humanity’s folly and saving grace.

The power of movie dialogue really makes this movie a true classic.

12 men in one room just talking about one murder case and them sharing they opinions if the person that may have committed murder is guilty or not. Now many things here could have went wrong; you got to have the best writer, the best director, and the best actors to make this movie work, but works like a charm and I think this is cinemas greatest risk of doing something new with the story. By giving it a twist and a edge and 12 Angry Men paid off brilliantly.

The acting from every singe actor in this movie were all realistic, believable, funny and serious performance's and they all add a lot of weight and drama to their characters. I wish I can bring up every single actors name in this cast, but I'm not since these 12 of them and it's going to take up the all page and I can't talk about every singe actor and go into detail about them one at a time, but I can say that everyone in the movie did a flawless work of acting that's pure Oscar worthy and the kind of drama acting they should show kids in drama school. Nicely done fellas.

Sidney Lumet directed this movie and this has to be some of the best directing I've seen from this guy. He really added a lot to this movie when it came to story and characters and the back and forward they have with each other and it worked by his direction.

The characters in the movie don't really like each that much, as in every scene they are at each other's throat trying to convince the other men in the room that the man is guilty for murder, while that person and the other's bring up some really solid points that this man is guilty or not guilty for murder. As a viewer myself, I got really interested in the case and trying to think if he's guilty or not, so this movie does a fantastic job of giving the viewer a opinion on the case and see if you think he did it or not.

Overall rating: 12 Angry Men is such a classic movie with excellent performances from everyone. The writing is outstanding and the directing is some of the best. If you haven't seen 12 Angry Men then I say go see it, it's worth your time.

Magnificently efficient, powerful filmmaking that tells a tale the size of the Chrysler building from the cramped confines of a small jury deliberation room. A modern rendition of the same source material might have expanded this to cover the trial, the repercussions, the media's reaction and a happy ending for each juror, which completely misses the point. The most vivid drama of almost any court case comes from the simple, nondescript table its jurors convene around to determine their verdict; everything else is just sideshow.

Via a dozen tremendous performances from his cast, first-time director Sidney Lumet produces a dazzling showcase of dense character development, precise plot expansions, expert dramatic timing and meaningful underlying conclusions. I must have seen it a dozen times now and still it holds me in rapt attention from word one.

12 absolute strangers with different backgrounds, different types of personalities and different beliefs enter a jury room and debate, guilty or not guilty? Everyone enters that room thinking they know exactly the answer to that question but one man's opinion can always be changed, all it takes is one rational argument. Seeing all these different types of personalities bringing something different to the table is truly fascinating. One thing's for sure, only good things can come from having a conversation. The characters feel so real, the acting is natural, the dialogue is gold and the direction of the story is perfection. Truly one of the best scripts ever to be written and a subject matter that will forever be relevant.

When someone asks you what means the sentence "a camera in hand and an idea in mind", you just show this movie.

2.6 points -> Cinematography (0-3)
1.9 points -> Acting and Characters (0-2)
2.9 points -> Plot (0-3)
0.9 points -> Score (0-1)

1.0 -> enjoyed the movie. (0-1)

Aka. 9.3 points + 0.7 for being awesome = 10.0

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It was love at first sight. Really deep movie, makes you think twice before you do anything.