Review of Presumed Innocent (1990) by David Ansen for Newsweek — 01 Jun 2012
The convolutions of Turow’s plot remain absorbing, and Presumed Innocent is certainly as watchable as a lot of other courtoom-investigative thrillers. Yet almost everything in the picture feels sterile and posed.
Pakula is good at laying out an intricate, almost mathematical series of events (his best film remains All the President’s Men), but he’s not big on atmosphere. The movie could have used some of the bowels-of-the-city grit Sidney Lumet brought to Q & A.
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This review of Presumed Innocent (1990) was written by David Ansen and published by Newsweek on 01 Jun 2012.
Presumed Innocent has generally received positive reviews.
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