Twelve jurors wrestle with their consciences, debating a young man's fate in a tense, gritty chamber drama.
Cerebral and earnest. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on MGM+, Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), YouTube (free) and Tubi (free).
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The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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