Clint Eastwood’s latest directorial effect, possibly his last movie at 94 years old, arrives in UK cinemas tomorrow.
The courtroom thriller stars Nicholas Hoult as Juror No 2, who realises while serving on a murder trial jury that he was responsible for the victim’s death.
Despite little promotional fanfare from Warner Bros., the film has 96 per cent positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing.
Check out some of the critical highlights below from what many are calling Eastwood’s best film in years.
Daily Express – Read our full review here
An edge-of-your-seat courtroom thriller. A thoroughly entertaining and thought-provoking work from a Hollywood icon that went ahead and made our day.
Empire
One of Clint Eastwood’s best films in years. If this is to be a swansong, it’s a fitting one: a thrillingly watchable legal thriller about truth, justice and (for better and for worse) the American way, as told by an all-American icon.
Time Out
A deeply involving and thought-provoking new spin on the genre, which serves up a ripe moral quandary that goes deeper than anything John Grisham ever managed.
Deadline
Eastwood, working with a fine original screenplay by Jonathan Abrams, has made one of the most compelling human dramas of his career, one that inevitably will resonate with smart adult audiences.
The Hollywood Reporter
Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette Excel in Clint Eastwood’s Acerbic, Ambivalent Courtroom Drama
The Guardian
Suspense is kept on a low flame but the film offers cosy pleasures, not least in the jury-room wrangles; one thing Henry Fonda never had to deal with in 12 Angry Men was the pernicious influence of true-crime podcasts.
Variety
A slightly preposterous but thoroughly engaging extension of the 94-year-old filmmaker’s career-long fascination with guilt, justice and the limitations of the law.
Juror No 2 will be in cinemas starting Friday.