12 Angry Men(1957)

Genre: Dramas

Cast: Henry Fonda

My Rating- 5 of 5 stars

I thought this movie was a western(which i am a fan of) by the name, but it really didn't matter, for it is one of my all time favorite movies. Personally, I cannot sit in a room for a continuos period of time, but to my surprise, i saw this entire movie that takes place in a single room without any boredom.  So, you would think that already being a 1950s movie, and with a single room setting, this movie would move at a turtle's pace, but i assure that you would be surprised to see that it matches the 21st century movies for pace.

The premise is that of a jury of 12 men who have to come with a verdict on a murder trial of a boy charged with stabbing his father to death. It is initially shown that all of them are positive that the boy is guilty and would come to a quick verdict. But, Henry Fonda, one of the jurors, questions that the evidence against the boy might be circumstantial and there may not be enough proof against him. The difficulty here is that all the jurors should come to an unanimous decision or the case would be tried again.The room shown in the movie is supposedly very hot and you could see the men sweating and growing impatient while trying to reach a verdict.

The unique nature of the movie is that they do not show the courtroom trial or the accused or any witnesses, we know about all these from the jurors' discussion. Yet, You would never feel that you missed the courtroom scenes.

The remainder of the movie is about whether Mr. Fonda succeeded in convincing the other jurors.