Holy schmoley, I only wanted to watch an action thriller or something, but I happened to pick this very heavy court thriller instead.
A black girl is raped by two whites in an America where the Ku Klux Klan was active and seggregation ruled supreme. Lawyer Brigance (Matthew McConaughly) defends the black Carl Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) and gets unexpected help from law student Ellen Roark (Sandra Bullock).
A sad story of violence and intimidation develops and McConaughly and Bullock developn an interesting relationship.
When I saw Patrick McGoohan as judge Omar Noose, I remembered that I saw this film, but apparently didn’t review it. The rest of the cast is stellar and the film is good, but a heavy watch.
