Movie Review: A Time To Kill
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I never read A Time To Kill by John Grisham because the book bored me. But I
wonder why it did bore me because the movie was engrossing and entertaining.
Maybe it is because Akiva Goldsman took out most of the boring parts. I usually
love Grisham, but this book was just too slow. However, another t ....
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.... of the story. Hailey gets Brigance to defend him for
virtually nothing. During a courtroom scene, Eileen Roarke (Sandra Bullock, in a
surprisingly small role for having top billing) helps Brigance to get the trial
moved to another town. Unfortunately, the judge (Patrick McGoohan) decides
against moving the trial. Brigance needs to get a jury of young, married men
with children. What does he get? A jury of women and old men. So Brigance has
his work cut out for him, especially when he is up a ....
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