12 Angry Men Movie Review

“And wherever you run into it, prejudice always obscures the truth.”

A 19-year-old boy, who has a criminal record, is accused of killing his father. By a unanimous voting, 12 jurors have to determine the boy's future. whether they will send him to the electric chair or not. Most of them believe that the boy is the killer. Furthermore, witnesses and evidence support this opinion.

And when they take a vote... boom! 11 vs. 1! It's up to that jury to seal the fate of the boy. After the one voter who believes that the boy might not be guilty, they start reviewing the case  Thanks to that jury who develops a new perspective, the meaning of the evidence has been changing in the viewpoint of the jurors. Thus, they get in a loop, in which they start to question themselves and blame themselves for missing some points. At that very moment, we realize the fact: Your perspective on events affects the way you perceive events.

12 Angry Men

The jurors, who believe the boy is guilty at first, start to question themselves after the new theories about the evidence and witnesses. And we question with them as well. It's not that simple, though. Some of the jurors start acting aggressively due to their pasts. They do not allow the demolition of the walls they built with prejudices. As the time progress, the friendly environment above the table starts to vanish.

Are they to send the 19-year-old suspect to the electric chair by a unanimous voting?  How many people were sentenced to death unfairly?  How reliable is the justice system?  Is everything generally accepted true? At the end of the movie, you ask yourself these questions.

This is a kind of film you'll question yourself about some of the concepts, such as justice, herd psychology, empathy, prejudice, and many others.

12 Angry Men

Emel

Nov 2018