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Castle Rock Entertainment
New Line Cinema
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I shot my wife... prove it.
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.
CinemaSerf
Jun 4, 2024 · via TMDB
This has all the ingredients of a classic crime drama - a great cast, some slick writing and a healthy dose of suspense. Sir Anthony Hopkins as the meticulously fiendish aeronautics engineer/millionaire ("Crawford") who discovers his wife is up to some mischief and so takes matters into his own hands (or does he?). Ryan Gosling ("Willy Beachum") is the sloppy and complacent prosecution attorney with his eyes on a big, private sector, promotion away from the district attorney's office so is initially easy prey in this sophisticated game of manipulation/counter manipulation. When he begins to cotton on that he's being played, then the rest of the plot makes for a really enthralling, tensely written and deviously plausible story. We are never in doubt as to who did what - but can they get away with it? That's the million dollar question in this well crafted battle of wits. Well worth watching.
Jack
Jun 10, 2020 · via TMDB
This is my kind of film. Suspense throughout, mystery till the very end... I could write a long review about the film but I realise it wouldn't be that different to what others have already said about it, so my only criticism goes to Anthony Hopkins. I enjoy watching Anthony Hopkins. I really do. He is a brilliant actor and deserves all the credit he gets. However, his acting seems rather repetitive. He is always assigned to play the role of a man who is highly intelligent, mysterious, always a man of wisdom. Yes, this makes him an interesting character to watch, but we have seen it so many times. The funny thing though this never gets boring. So, I guess, hats off to him for his ability to make us watch the same character over and over again. Would I watch this film again? Well, I guess so, only if it was on the telly and there is nothing else to watch it. Would I make my friends watch it? Possibly.
Shreyance Parakh
May 4, 2017 · via TMDB
**Gripping!!** *** This review may contain spoilers *** Some of you may find (or I should say try to) faults in this gripping courtroom drama but for the rest this movie is a lovely, more than just about courtroom, dual between the ever talented Anthony Hopkins and the not just about looks Ryan Gosling.The chemistry between the two is really difficult to not feel right from the first time in the courtroom where the Hannibal Lecterish Crawford gestures Beachum to adjust his bow tie.It is amazing how the movie grips you despite knowing the fact right from the start who is the killer.Though Crawford is too smart to be believable, the way its played it doesn't raise the slightest of doubt in your mind about its actual existence.Beachum's urge to put the devilish Crawford behind bars for trying to kill his wife and then getting away with it can be seen greatly in the scene in the hospital when Beachum tries to stop Crawford from pulling the plug of his wife's ventilator.The only thing i found missing was the almost lifeless, short lived, romantic relation of Crawford and Nikki Gardner(Rosamund Pike who looks stunning in the movie).Maybe it wouldn't have helped the movie's plot in any way except Crawford's asking for a favor from Gardner's dad later in the movie that's why they didn't put too much efforts to make them a couple.In all a great courtroom, psychological, thrilling, drama with great acting.And i'd better not forget to mention David Strathairn's portrayal of DA Lobruto which was too good and I'd have loved to see more of him... Don't miss this one if you like an intriguing courtroom drama!!
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Anthony Hopkins
Ted Crawford
Ryan Gosling
Willy Beachum
David Strathairn
Joe Lobruto
Rosamund Pike
Nikki Gardner
Embeth Davidtz
Jennifer Crawford
Billy Burke
Rob Nunally
Cliff Curtis
Detective Flores
Fiona Shaw
Judge Robinson
Bob Gunton
Judge Gardner
Josh Stamberg
Norman Foster
Xander Berkeley
Judge Moran
Zoe Kazan
Mona
Judith Scott
Resident
Gary Carlos Cervantes
Ciro
Petrea Burchard
Marion Kang
Garz Chan
Assistant Hotel Manager
Wendy Cutler
Gladys
Larry Sullivan
Lee Gardner
Gonzalo Menendez
Uniform Cop
Cooper Thornton
Public Defender
Lyle Kanouse
Messenger
Sandra Prosper
Karla
Monica Garcia Pérez
Crawford's Secretary
Joe Spano
Judge Pincus
Peter Breitmayer
NTSB Guy
Mirron E. Willis
Moran's Bailiff
David Purdham
Burt Wooton
John Littlefield
Cop
Rainy Kerwin
Wooton Sims Receptionist
Eugene Collier
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Tom Virtue
Attorney Apley
Cooper Koch
Kid
Michael Khmurov
Russian Man
Julia Emelin
Russian Woman
Yorgo Constantine
Public Defender for the Russians
Alla Korot
Russian Translator
Kaily Smith Westbrook
Lobruto's Secretary
Retta
Evidence Room Cop
Kate Clarke
Mrs. Lee Gardner (uncredited)
Kramer Morgenthau
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Clinton Wayne
Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
Paul E. Short
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Dale Gibson
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LaFaye Baker
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Tom McComas
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Gregory Hoblit
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Michael Disco
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Deborah Aquila
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