Review of The Guilty (2021) by Lipino — 12 Oct 2021

At least 12 Angry Men had 12 men in one room. This is just 1 man -- and not even a likable man, one of the angry men -- in a room for 90 minutes. This is a college film project masquerading as a movie. As an acting assignment, this would get an A+. As a movie...well it hardly classifies as one.

Gyllenhaal is a great actor, but for his standard, this is probably the worst I've seen from him. But I can't be too harsh given the lack of material, and apparently the director directed remotely, so it was definitely a "Covid movie." The most awful thing about the movie is the weepy voices on the phone. Listening to weeping women and children for so long is just unbearable, it made my skin crawl. And those voice actors weren't authentic at all. Just monotonous crying that went on and on and on.