Lead by a fantastic performance from Charles Laughton as the grumpy barrister with a heart of gold, Witness for the Prosecution retells Agatha Christie’s stage play with wit and humor without feeling too frivolous. And combined with the carefully composed camera work the courtroom drama has aged wonderfully, despite some of my misgivings about the use of very 1950s mysognistic character tropes.
While the main plot takes its time to get going, the wild finale delivers a knockout blow executed…
More impressed by the choreography and editing than the CGI-fest that followed it, but a refreshing entry in the Marvel lineup as it manages to stand on its own.
I loved the soundtrack. I loved the performances, especially young Jack Black. The movie has some really good and quotable moments. However, even though John Cusack’s character is intentionally portrayed as a toxic a**hole, the plot fails to truly redeem the character by the end and it just leaves you kind of annoyed. I probably would have been all over this film 15 years ago, but it just hasn’t aged well at all.
