The Conspirator

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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Myself

I saw the trailer for this one a while back and din't even remember what it was about going to see it today. Didn't even remember if it was period or not. It's a period courtroom drama with a great cast and an interesting historical story, well produced but ultimately I felt it dragged out a little bit.

They seem to be struggling to make the drama interesting after it's established in the first trial scenes what the central conflict will be. Once you get the idea that James McAvoy is fighting a loosing battle against a prejudiced courtroom it just repeats and repeats until the inevitable outcome and then they drag the ending out too.

It's not a bad film by any means, it is an interesting story worth telling too, but perhaps not for feature length running time. Courtroom dramas are always tricky like that.

I noted the production company was The American Film Company. It had a very patriotic logo. Apparently this is the first of many historical films the company plans to specialise in. I wish them well, but hope they can choose their stories and adaptations wisely.