Juror #2—Clint Eastwood’s latest and possibly last movie—has critics raving.
Opening in limited release in theaters on Friday, Juror #2 marks Eastwood’s 40th film as a director.
The official logline for Juror #2 reads, “Family man Justin Kemp (Nicholas Hoult) who, while serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma … one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the wrong killer.
Juror #2 also stars Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Gabriel Basso, Zoey Deutch and Leslie Bibb. It’s not clear whether Eastwood will retire from filmmaking after Juror #2 since he turned 94 in May.
As of Wednesday, Rotten Tomatoes critics are overwhelming in their praise for Juror #2, giving the film a 94% “fresh” rating based on 17 reviews.
Among the RT critics who gave a “fresh” review of Juror #2 is Deadline Hollywood Daily’s Pete Hammond, who writes, “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.”
Eastwood Is Being Lauded For His Fresh Filmmaking Take With ‘Juror #2’
Many critics are pointing out how Clint Eastwood is bringing something new to the courtroom drama with Juror #2.
Among them is Time Out critic Dan Jolin, who writes how Juror #2 is “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.”
In addition, Tim Grierson of Screen International observes, “The film builds to a conclusion that is unexpected but surprisingly effective in its understatement, suggesting that this veteran director can still find new ways to explore what everyday courage looks like.”
Peter Debruge of Variety does find some faults in Juror #2, but still gives the film a “fresh” review, writing, “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.”
The only outlier with a “rotten” review of Juror #2 to date is Awards Watch critic Ryan McQuade, who writes, “Between Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, Robert Zemeckis’ Here, and now Eastwood’s Juror #2, it might be safe to say that not all legendary directors need to keep chugging along in their careers, making lesser films just to keep working.”
Rated PG-13, Juror #2 opens in limited release in theaters on Friday.
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