Review of Find Me Guilty (2006) by Benjamin Z — 23 Oct 2011
Sidney Lumet has made more than forty films since his debut in 1957 with his first masterpiece "12 Angry Men". He has been nominated for the Oscar as best director five times,this includes "12 Angry Men" in 1957,"Dog Day Afternoom" in 1975,"Network" in 1976,"Prince of the City" in 1981,and "The Verdict" in 1982.
As you can see,he has steady themes:the fragility of justice and the police and their corruption. He can deliver powerhouse performances from lead actors,and fine work from character actors,as in this case he did with Vin Diesel,who gives a wonderful,transformative performance as real-life N.
J. gangster "Jackie Dee" DiNorscio,who decides to defend himself in a record-breaking Federal case against the Lucchese crime family in 1987-88. This awesome courtroom-mob saga is impeccably cast and directed with brio by Sidney Lumet,who also cowrote the screenplay,and if I'm not wrong he was 82 years old when he make this lively film.
This review of Find Me Guilty (2006) was written by Benjamin Z on 23 Oct 2011.
Find Me Guilty has generally received positive reviews.
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