7.7
The Verdict
1982, 2h 9min -
Twenty-five years after making his feature debut with the classic legal drama 12 ANGRY MEN, director Sidney Lumet returned to the courtroom with this gripping portrait of a man’s quest for redemption, a near perfect synthesis of writing (by David Mamet), directing, and acting. Paul Newman delivers one of his great performances as Frank Galvin, a washed-up, alcoholic Boston lawyer who struggles to pull himself together to bring an unpopular medical malpractice case to trial against strong opposition by the courts, the archdiocese, and his own clients—an uphill battle against the system that brings him to the brink of self-destruction.
