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  1. The Trial of the Chicago 7 movie review (2020)

    129 minutes ‧ R ‧ 2020. Brian Tallerico. October 16, 2020. 5 min read. "The whole world is watching!". This iconic chant from the protest movement of the '60s is featured multiple times in Aaron Sorkin 's "The Trial of the Chicago 7.". The timing of the film's release as laws against protest movements in the United States gain ...

  2. 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Review: They Fought the Law

    The Trial of the Chicago 7 Rated R. Blood in the streets, disorder in the court. Running time: 2 hours 9 minutes. Running time: 2 hours 9 minutes. In theaters and on Netflix .

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    The Trial of the Chicago 7 might be the ultimate movie about how to fight the far right -- an artistic testament to pragmatism and a cry of rage in the era of Donald Trump and Derek Chauvin. Rated ...

  4. 'The Trial of the Chicago 7': Film Review

    Release date: Sep 25, 2020. That film was a mixed bag, its crackling writing and sharp performances undercut by its windy excesses and cumbersome flashback structure. Those flaws have been ...

  5. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

    The Trial of the Chicago 7: Directed by Aaron Sorkin. With Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong. The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

  6. 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Review: Sorkin's Counterculture ...

    The Chicago 7 trial, which began on Sept. 24, 1969, and lasted for close to six months, was one of the signature events of the '60s, and it was a theater of the absurd — a mythological made ...

  7. The Trial of the Chicago 7 First Reviews: One of the Best Films of the

    The Trial of the Chicago 7 is the best film that the barren 2020 cinematic landscape has given way to. - Kyle Pinion, ScreenRex. It's one of this year's very best films. - Sean O'Connell, Cinema Blend. One of the best pictures to grace the screen in 2020. - Danielle Solzman, Solzy at the Movies.

  8. 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Review: Aaron Sorkin's Courtroom Drama

    The nearly five-month proceedings were so loaded with histrionic grandstanding they practically anticipated the movie Aaron Sorkin would make five decades later. " The Trial of the Chicago 7 ...

  9. The Trial of the Chicago 7

    The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a studious, accessible, intense courtroom drama that compares favorably to historically great courtroom dramas like To Kill a Mockingbird, 12 Angry Men, and Judgment ...

  10. Trial of the Chicago 7 review: Aaron Sorkin goes big and busy in true

    The Trial of the Chicago 7 (on Netflix Oct. 16) delivers exactly that sort of Sorkin-us maximus, in both the best and worst sense — a remarkably relevant story, smartly told, but with certain ...

  11. Review: 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' is worth watching

    "The Trial of the Chicago 7" feels timely in an at-times jolting way, with images of chaos in the streets and angry crowds chanting "The whole world is watching." At its core, though ...

  12. 'Trial of the Chicago 7' review: Netflix holds court with A-list cast

    1:21. Aaron Sorkin's superb "The Trial of the Chicago 7" is a period piece for multiple periods: The drama takes place in the '60s, has the rousing flavor of a '90s popcorn thriller (like ...

  13. 'The Trial Of The Chicago 7' review: a thrilling piece of ...

    A dangerous President who abuses his power. It might sound like just another slow news day in 2020, but the awful real events behind The Trial Of The Chicago 7 took place in 1968 - a potent ...

  14. 'The Trial Of The Chicago 7' Is Passionate, Political

    Based on a trial from 1969, Aaron Sorkin's new Netflix film draws from actual transcripts — as well as a series of flashbacks to political unrest that took place in Chicago in the summer of 1968.

  15. The Trial of the Chicago 7

    The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a 2020 American historical legal drama film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.The film follows the Chicago Seven, a group of anti-Vietnam War protesters charged with conspiracy and crossing state lines with the intention of inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.It features an ensemble cast including Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha ...

  16. The Trial Of The Chicago 7 Review

    A fiery condemnation of the police state and government overreach, this is both timely and timeless. Sorkin and a superb cast make legal proceedings compelling, and then show that the law is an ...

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    Sep 24, 2020. He [Sorkin] can also become fantastically ponderous, bloated with finger-waggingly self-important liberal patriotism. Sadly, that is the tone with this exasperatingly dull, dramatically inert and faintly misjudged re-creation of the "Chicago Seven" trial in the US, which Sorkin has written and directed.

  18. The Trial of the Chicago 7 Review

    Sorkin does this true tale justice. The Trial of the Chicago 7 is now streaming on Netflix. Even before Aaron Sorkin imbued the event with his patented wordsmithery, the trial of the Chicago 7 was ...

  19. 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Netflix Movie Review

    Aaron Sorkin's Annoying Tics Are Actually Good in. The Trial of the Chicago 7. The speeches, the grandstanding, the quips — they totally work in the context of this Netflix courtroom drama ...

  20. 'The Trial Of The Chicago 7' Review: A Series Of Fantastic ...

    From a movie-making perspective, The Trial of the Chicago 7 is sturdy but not particularly revelatory. But as a delivery system for great performers rattling off great dialogue, it's almost ...

  21. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) Movie Review

    Unsurprisingly, one of The Trial of the Chicago 7's greatest assets is the screenplay. Sorkin's characteristically lively dialogue flies off the page as actors verbally spar with each other, making it easy for viewers to get drawn into the narrative. A veteran of the courtroom drama genre (most notably with A Few Good Men ), Sorkin feels right ...

  22. 'The Trial of the Chicago 7': What to Know

    Sorkin didn't have to do much to spice up the story. The trial, which began in the fall of 1969 and lasted nearly five months, was defined by dramatics on all sides. The defendants — and their ...

  23. The Trial of the Chicago 7 Movie Review

    Writer-director Sorkin's focus on the trial rather than the bloody riots of 1968, which we don't glimpse until more than 45 minutes into The Trial of the Chicago 7, allows the actors to shine with Sorkin standards like fast-paced intellectual sparring and moving displays of courage and righteousness. Baron Cohen, Redmayne, and Rylance were ...

  24. Review: Speak No Evil

    Speak No Evil director James Watkins has crafted a remake of the 2022 Danish film of the same name that stands on its own as a tense and well-paced thriller.American couple Ben (Scoot McNairy) and ...