Rolling Stone
Runaway Jury doesn’t have the guts for a real debate. Too bad. It robs the film of something essential: a point.
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Runaway Jury
John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Rachel Weisz and Dustin Hoffman star in this legal thriller, based on the John Grisham novel, about a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer and the two people attempting to manipulate the jurors.
2003Rating: M, Low level violence, Low level coarse language127 minsUSA
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Runaway Jury / Reviews
Variety
The extreme emotions generated by the issues and events in a loose adaptation of John Grisham’s 1996 novel guarantee some high voltage scenes for the large and fine cast assembled for this better-than-average Grisham legal thriller...
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The movie hums along with a kind of sublime craftsmanship, fueled by the consistent performances of Hackman and Hoffman (in their first film together), the remarkable ease of John Cusack (the most relaxed and natural of actors since Robert Mitchum), and the juicy typecasting in the supporting roles.
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