The Trial (2010)

SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Am I Missing Something?

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Given the fact that this appeared on a Christian channel, our house expected this to have something ultimately it did not have. May I suggest, you do NOT waste your time. There isn't 1 redeeming feature within the 95 minutes of this film which is actually hugely disappointing and has little to do with Christianity. There are many many other things you can find to do in the 95 minutes this lasts which will be more beneficial than sitting through it. The ending, in my view, isn't really that believeable

It's funny how differently various people feel about a film. I thought this was a great film. Some felt it was corny and predictable. I suppose there is some truth to that, but the story and especially the characters were believable to me. And the principles like one needing God to help one through devastating loss rang true to me. I'm a Matthew Modine fan now, as imo he carried the film. This film made only $20,000, and I'm sure the budget was two or three times that at least. I found it after pages of B movies because I just joined Amazon Prime and some movies are "free" with that service. I'm adding my review to twenty-some others, at the end, and for the most part this is a forgotten movie with plenty of negative reviews, but I'm glad it was made, and I respect each actor and craftsperson who had anything to do with it.

If you like movies with morals or subjects that can open the line of communication with your teenage children and older, this is the movie for you. It is a thought provoking movie relating to capital punishment, suicide, death in general, and the grieving process. It illustrates the importance of honesty, good character, hard work, and having faith. The movie showed, that by putting your all into something and not giving up, that you can make a difference. It showed the error of judging a person based on pass misdeeds and how a past mistake can follow you in life. It reminds us that there are always two sides to a story and that we should get all the facts before making a judgment. I think this movie is really good and that the main character, the lawyer, did a great job. It is a movie that I feel should be watched with company so that afterwards you can discuss/debate the movies heavy subject matter. This movie is so much more than just a "who done it" and is one of those movies that you can watch over and over again. After watching this movie, you may not be inclined to talk about it, but I feel you will want to talk about the various topics presented. Great movie to watch in a high school or college classroom, bereavement or church group, or setting for at risk teens.

I like courtroom dramas, complete with clever attorneys, plot twists, and surprises. This had all but three of those.This is a drama about a man trying to deal with his grief ... and it's every bit as boring as that sounds.Matthew Modine mailed it in, and the rest of the cast were mostly wannabes who will never be based on their appearance in this movie. Robert Forster was the only decent actor in this, and his part was cliché and predictable.The trial was horribly amateur. Anyone who has watched Law and Order for the past 20 years could point out many courtroom errors and ask valid questions that were never brought out.