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Me FAD
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2025
Happy
yvonne dube
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2025
Great movie love Harrison ford
Bazooka47
Reviewed in France on February 7, 2025
Harrison Ford, procureur de renom, se trouve enquêter sur un meurtre dont il devient lui-même accusé de fait. C'est donc un film qui est plein de suspens, avec des théories très bien ficelées. Quant à la fin (que je ne dévoilerai pas), elle est non seulement incroyable mais inimaginable...
ぱある
Reviewed in Japan on February 5, 2025
どんでん返しがよく効いていて面白い。
DvA
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2025
Good digital copy
Gale Cofer
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2025
EXCELLENT MOVIE !!!
Babs
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2025
Good movie
Bill Weaver
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2024
This excellent neo-noir (as I would call it) based on the book by Scott Turow (which I’ll confess I haven’t read), is set prior to police forensic use of DNA and part of the mystery is blood type. Chilling in its resolution, I still must admit the villain of this piece is Ford’s character—‘Rusty Savage’—but I won’t spoil it. Certainly from our current perspective the film’s depiction of its female characters would be described by numerous observers as somewhat dated and even problematic, yet I would argue it accurately functions as historical verisimilitude and also aligns with the genre memory of the ‘femme fatale’ from the classic noir period. Additionally, a holistic view serves as a counterweight to such a narrow and absolutist reading, as the narrative renders the purported ‘hero’ ultimately as abject. (please see Bitter Carnival by Prof. Michael André Bernstein for more on his theory of the ‘abject hero’) Engaging in the kind of ‘moral’ posturing throughout that we expect from the hero of a legal thriller, Rusty Savage is framed for the audience as the only incorruptible character, yet simultaneously this onion of righteousness is peeled away. This remains one possible perspective on this piece, that despite our modern separation of religion from our daily lives, it is our sins that can destroy us, and regardless of what any other social subsystems such as the law might say about us. This tale aptly illustrates this differentiation of modern society, how our moral positions remain distinct from the law and politics, and the possibly corrupt structural couplings between the two.
Tammy
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2024
Good eve watch
KRN123581321
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2023
Presumed InnocentI'll start by saying I watched this movie in 1990 and loved it. I rented it recently to watch it again because I needed to write a non-fiction paper for a Criminal Investigation course related to forensic evidence.While the forensic evidence in the movie is noteworthy, I found myself annoyed at the acting and the scripting. Man, the characters were unlikeable and stereotyped. How did I not originally realize that Harrison Ford's wife Barbara was guilty af? Boy, my taste in cinema has evolved since I was 17-years old. Ford's wife comes across as an utter narcissistic psychopath from the opening of the movie. And so does the woman that Ford is banging on the side which makes her completely unsympathetic. Not one woman in the movie was likable. The victim was offed in a BTK fashion by a woman, no less, and I could not have cared less. Boo hoo.Harrison Ford comes across as a gullible, idealistic, crybaby pollyanna. Brian Dennehy was great as always, but a totally stereotyped narcissist as well who was also banging the same woman with crocodile tears over how such a hot and sexy woman could have met her demise this way. Minimized her intelligence and career of course, because she was literally banging her way to the top of the food chain.I turned it off after an hour (fast forwarded to the end) of writing down the forensic evidence, how it was improperly collected, and how the search warrant team didn't have the sense to search the basement, where the weapon was located. I'm happy I got to watch the movie for free due to a digital credit.Don't waste your money. The movie is totally dated, the script is weak, and the acting is marginal.
JGx
Reviewed in France on May 30, 2020
Film d'Alan Pakula fort intéressant. Le film raconte l'instruction d'une affaire criminelle relative au meurtre d' une procureure.Le film décortique l'affaire mais aussi les relations complexes qui lient entre eux les différents protagonistes et qui se révèlent être sinon une entrave à la justice, plutôt une difficulté pour accéder à la vérité. Mais, au fait, quelle vérité ?Le film est bien mené avec un suspense de bon aloi nous conduisant à une conclusion surprenante. Surprenante ? Peut-être pas tant que ça ...
Client d'
Reviewed in France on May 11, 2018
Un film bien ficelé, bien filmé, bien joué et à l'intrigue et au dénouement surprenants. A découvrir, ou à revoir, pour le plaisir.
Spike Owen
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2011
Presumed Innocent is directed by Alan J. Pakula, who also co-adapts for the screen with Frank Pierson from the Scott Turow novel. It stars Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Bonnie Bedelia, Raúl Juliá, Paul Winfield, John Spencer and Greta Scacchi. Music is scored by John Williams and Richard Wolf, and cinematography is by Gordon Willis.Prosecuting attorney Rusty Sabich (Ford) suddenly finds himself a murder suspect after his one time lover, Carolyn Polhemus (Scacchi), is found raped and murdered in her home. As the evidence piles up against him, and his marriage comes under further strain, Rusty hires top lawyer Sandy Stern (Juliá) to represent him when the case goes to trial. Battling the system that he knows inside out, Rusty finds that there's a big can of worms about to be opened.A tip top court room mystery drama that we could do with seeing more of these days. Expertly strung together by the director of All the Presidents Men and Sophie's Choice, Presumed Innocent isn't just a by the numbers legal who done it? The makers get in deep with the political machinations of a district attorney's office, the intricate steps of a police investigation, and of course the legal eagle operations of a court room. In to the mix is an horrendous crime, of which a lawyer himself is charged with committing, he may or may not be guilty of the crime, but wonderfully we are never sure until the astonishing finale plays out. The air of mystery hangs heavy throughout, nagging away like an itch you can't scratch, with Pakula neatly unfolding the drama in a collage of flashbacks, side-plots and present time intricacies. Mood is heightened by the photography of Gordon Willis, who along with Pakula's looming camera work, manages to convey a claustrophobic feel in keeping with an unstable marriage and a court room itself.A great cast is assembled for the picture. Ford expertly plays it low key, brooding intently, he makes us unsure as to his guilt or innocence, and that's a testament to how good his performance is. Bedelia is excellent as the stoic wife, holding it together as the marital cracks begin to appear, and Juliá dominates the second half of the picture as we shift to the court room. Dennehy does a nice line in morally compromised smarm, and Scacchi wonderfully exudes a femme fatale sexuality. Winfield is a mighty presence as the judge presiding over such a tricky case, and Spencer is as reliable as ever. Only disappointments come with the performances of Joe Grifasi and Tom Mardirosian, who as the prosecutors come across as wimpy and hardly brick tight lawyers trying a high profile murder case.An intense and intellectual adult drama, Presumed Innocent is one of the best of its type from the modern era. 8.5/10
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