Conviction

Year: 2010

Grade: B-

Country: USA

Director: Goldwyn

Review

i can understand why they made this movie. it’s a pretty good story about a sister who goes to law school and works for 18 years to get her brother out of jail after he was wrongly accused of murder. unfortunately the film leaves something to be desired in the execution. it drags at times and feels like it’s kind of just going through the motions trying to tell the story. i didn’t feel like there was a lot of character development. probably the single most prevalent attribute of swank’s character is that she’s basically obsessed with getting her brother free. i always think of donnie brasco when i see characters who are really good at their job, but not so good at having balance in their life. clearly her marriage suffers and she doesn’t do the job she would have liked as a mother either. watching these movies it reaffirms the fact that greatness has great personal consequences, and it’s usually those closest to you that suffer. guess you can’t have it all in life. minnie driver gets hotter every year.

Watched in theater