Runaway Jury Review
As promised, my review of Runaway Jury:
Saturday, Matt and I went to see Runaway Jury. I was really excited to see this movie as I am a big Grisham fan and I also adore John Cusack.
It was, at best, an o.k. movie. It had some great moments and pretty good acting but just didn’t have the movement I wanted. The Firm, you may remember, had great acceleration, pushing you to the end in a frenzied pace. This movie tended to plod along and the ending was really no suprise. Matt commented during it that it really needed to pick up. I reminded him that Grisham always starts out slow, flooding you with character development and detail, before you get to the action. Unfortunately, the action never really gets where you want it to go. The best part of the whole movie was during a lull, Matt leaned over and kissed my ear.
John Cusack, Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman all turned in good performances, which came as no suprise.
In summation, (I’ve always wanted to say that) this is a likable movie with a couple of good twists, but you probably can wait for video.