High Crimes (Widescreen Edition)
by Carl Franklin
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Actor: Adam Scott, Amanda Peet, Ashley Judd, Jim Caviezel, Morgan FreemanDirector: Carl Franklin
Brand: TCFHE
Producer: Arnon Milchan
Producer: Dennis E. Jones
Producer: Eric Sherman
Producer: Janet Yang
Writer: Grace Cary Bickley
Writer: Joseph Finder
Writer: Yuri Zeltser
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
Published: 2002-08-01
DVD Release Date: 2002-08-27
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of High Crimes (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: A seemingly unjust persecution and a government conspiracy. What, exactly is the truth?
Summary: 5 Stars
I had never heard of this 2002 film, but it was on my cable station and it looked interesting. Starring Ashley Judd as a high-profile defense attorney who is trying to conceive a child with her husband, James Caviezel, all seems well at first. Then, suddenly, her husband is arrested by the FBI and he is accused of a massacre in a Latin American village while he was a marine several years before. Immediately, she tries to defend him, even moving to the southern city where his trial will be held. Everything seems against him but she, and the viewers, all presume his innocence. He seems to be persecuted unjustly with a government conspiracy against him. And even Ms. Judd's competent legal skills can't seem to save him.
Enter Morgan Freeman as a experienced former military attorney. He's been in disgrace for a while because of his alcoholism but he seems to be reformed and is brilliant in the courtroom where he helps Ms. Judd defend her husband. The plot moves swiftly and it kept me on the edge of my seat. All of the actors were excellent. There are good guys and bad guys. And the conspiracy against James Caviezel seems awful. But the plot twists and turns. The viewer starts to wonder what, exactly is the truth. And the climax is startling and unexpected.
I really enjoyed this film. It kept my interest throughout and there was never a dull moment. See it if you can.
Summary of High Crimes (Widescreen Edition)
Ashley Judd stars as Claire Kubik, a high-powered attorney whose perfect life comes down when her husband is charged with high crimes of murder. Enlisting the aid of a shrewd military lawyer (Morgan Freeman), Claire will risk her career and even her life to find the truth in this "head-snapping thriller" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).A welcomed reunion of Kiss the Girls costars Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman makes High Crimes a worthwhile thriller with vivid, likable characters. Efficiently directed by Carl Franklin, this military mystery doesn't have the unpredictable edginess of Franklin's Devil in a Blue Dress, but its twisting plot is sure to hold anyone's attention. Judd plays a successful, happily married lawyer whose husband (Jim Caviezel) is accused of killing innocent citizens during his military service in El Salvador some 13 years earlier. A cover-up implicates a powerful Brigadier General (Bruce Davison), but when Judd hires a maverick attorney (Freeman), Judd is caught in a potentially lethal trap of threats and deception. Attentive viewers will stay ahead of the action, and alleged villains are posed as obvious decoys. Still, Judd and Freeman have an appealing rapport (shared with Amanda Peet, playing Judd's vivacious sister), and Freeman's character flaws add worldly spice to yet another rich performance. --Jeff Shannon
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