Richard Jewell

Warner Bros. | Release Date: December 13, 2019

7.5	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 191 Ratings

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BulgarianCriticMar 25, 2020

The movie starts incredibly boring and slow making me dislike the main character and his preachy attitude feels like e lives in a different world than the rest of us.After the first 40 minutes the movie starts becoming interesting with niceThe movie starts incredibly boring and slow making me dislike the main character and his preachy attitude feels like e lives in a different world than the rest of us.After the first 40 minutes the movie starts becoming interesting with nice shots and music added and the character kinda becomes more likeable but just be very little.In the end I couldn't care about anything that was going on in the world presented and the main hero making me not recommend this movie to anyone unless they have patience and like dumb protagonists.… Expand

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imthenoobAug 19, 2020

I think the most frustrating thing about this movie is that the cast does a fine job but there is no real emotion, there is a severe disconnect that really prevents this movie from reaching a deeper level than what it could have. And that isI think the most frustrating thing about this movie is that the cast does a fine job but there is no real emotion, there is a severe disconnect that really prevents this movie from reaching a deeper level than what it could have. And that is what prevents it from being a truly great drama.

The cast is fine, The directing is fine. It's just the writing that really causes this lack of personal and emotional exploration for Richard, who really is portrayed as kind of a simple person, rather than someone who's life is genuinely being torn apart for doing absolutely nothing wrong. He is portrayed as a one-trick pony when I am sure the real-life counterpart was jumping up and down the emotional spectrum through all of this.

I wish they did better in that regards and it really prevents the movie from being any good.… Expand

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JordanLaytonApr 27, 2020

A great story I was unaware of with some good performances, questionable editing, and an amateur screenplay. This story of a true believer in the the United States justice system being shown its darkest side is a compelling one. The way it'sA great story I was unaware of with some good performances, questionable editing, and an amateur screenplay. This story of a true believer in the the United States justice system being shown its darkest side is a compelling one. The way it's told is from a very one-sided point of view, but I don't have too much trouble believing that there was little exaggeration in the details that mattered about it.

Walter Hauser gives an impressive performance in a role that is arguably quite difficult to empathize with and Kathy Bates came to her supporting role in a lane I didn't know she had: a tired, withering, mother. If there's one thing this film has, it's great performances in difficult roles. Playing a smart character with strong convictions is one thing, but getting an audience to empathize with less educated characters with strong convictions is a difficult task, in my experience. Unfortunately, some other things went wrong. Some films are saved in the edit. I would argue this one was partially lost in it. One buzz phrase in film making is "arrive late, leave early:' This film unfortunately did the opposite and you feel it. This may have also been a screenplay issue, of which there were many. Copious flashbacks and one cliche dream sequence are written into this script and it just did not need those things on top of the other fluff that dragged this film out to 2h12m. This story definitely did not require that runtime to tell. For those reasons, I'm out.… Expand

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