As we (more or less) open the film with the revealing of the upside down Statue of Liberty, we are being prepped to acknowledge the idea of freedom, as it had been sold to immigrants and refugees alike - was to be turned on its head.
A sharp distinction between the immigrant mentality of - whether for right or wrong, sticking with family, even going as far as to don one’s business with the “& sons” moniker because in his…
I have no way to prove or really even accurately explain what I’m trying to say but I feel as though Clint Eastwood most likely stopped truly caring about the external world around him and attempting to contemporaneously capture the times and energy of the period around 15yrs ago. Juror #2 has a sort of ageless, timeless quality maybe more of an early to mid 90s courtroom drama essence in how much of a MOVIE it is.
The beats are…
