Réalisation:
Gary FlederPhotographie:
Robert ElswitMusique:
Christopher YoungActeurs·trices:
John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison, Bruce McGill, Jeremy Piven, Nick Searcy, Stanley Anderson, Cliff Curtis (plus)VOD (2)
Résumés(1)
Le mari de Celeste Wood a été assassiné il y a trois ans, par un tueur fou. Celle-ci espère que soient sanctionnés les fabricants d'armes qui sont impliqués dans l’affaire. Mais face à elle se trouve Rankin Fitch, homme de terrain aguerri qui s’est assuré le contrôle du jury. Un seul juré lui a néanmoins échappé : Nick. Une femme mystérieuse se révèle alors, lui proposant de lui « livrer » Nick, pour la somme de 10 millions de dollars. (LaCinetek)
(plus)Critiques (2)
A tame and routine staging of one big trial and the associated string-pulling outside the courtroom. It has a stellar cast featuring Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman, but lacks in emphasis, more sophisticated grip and memorable scenes. Purely average, a nineties movie shot a decade too late.
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Another tale from the pen of John Grisham on the subject of courtroom drama, this time focusing ostentatiously on the jurors and ways of influencing them. It's not quite a typical courtroom drama, as the flip side of the whole case comes to the fore here, and the trial itself is presented only as a formal guarantee of justice for the public and the media. The decision-making and the most important part of the trial here takes place in an ultra-gray zone, which contributes to the much larger impression of a courtroom thriller and at some points even breathtaking action scenes (within the courtroom drama genre definitely). As a whole, Runaway Jury is unfortunately oddly uneven, which prevents me from ranking it among the top films from the courtroom setting. But if you seek out genre films with a similar tone, you should definitely not miss this. Within the genre, it's still strongly above average.
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