Grade: B-
Rating: R, 1 hour 33 minutes
In a Nutshell: This courtroom drama based on David
Baldacci’s novel was first released in Japan as early as Spring 2016, and then
in other countries, but didn’t hit the
Big Screen in the USA until late August 2016, so it has been difficult
to find a movie poster written in English.
Themes:
- Everyone
lies.
Things I liked:
- I've always gotten a kick out of watching Keanu Reeves in anything ever since Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
- I love
the image of the snake at the very beginning. It suggested deceit, temptation, and the first sin from the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. Clever.
- You
really hate Boone Lassiter (James Belushi)
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
is somehow mesmerizing to watch.
- It
feels like a mixture between Alfred Hitchcock and film Noir.
- Good,
but expected twist.
Things I didn’t like:
- Keanu
Reeves’ voice sounds too forced and low.
- Rene
Zellweger looked so odd. I
recognized her voice before I recognized her face. She has lost a lot of weight and rumor
has it that she recently had some plastic surgery, although she denies it.
- It is pretty slow-moving.
Interesting lines:
- “A wife doesn’t have to testify against her husband, but she does against her own child as if the bond is somehow less?” – wife (Rene Zellweger)
Tips for
parents:
- 1 F-bomb in the first 2 seconds. More F-bombs and other profanity.
- Prostitution, adultery and other adult topics.
- Children
and most teens will be bored.
- You
see a side shot of a naked Rene Zellweger.
- Some
inappropriate sexual images and conversations.
- Discussion
of violence, domestic abuse, and rape.
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