Juror #2 (2024)

January 5, 2025 5:29 PM

While serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial, a family man 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.

Posting this as I'm watching the movie because it's that solid. I love a courtroom drama and this is a fresh story I haven't heard before.

posted by phunniemee (9 comments total)

Solid cast and then some
posted by ginger.beef at 6:08 PM on January 5

I wish the google search had gone one step further to find Nicholas Hoult + not-Rose-Byrne's old wedding webpage on The Knot because oh boy the number of random acquaintance's pages I've creeped in my life... It would have brought some grounded realism to that scene.

People, password protect your wedding websites! Or at least delete them when you're hitched! WE OUT HERE LOOKING
posted by phunniemee at 6:14 PM on January 5 [3 favorites]

This was fine. It felt very "movie of the week" in terms of writing and pacing - a good Saturday afternoon diversion.
posted by jeoc at 7:15 PM on January 5 [2 favorites]

I rather enjoyed this. Hoult did a good job of being a weak and fallible human, but charismatic.
posted by porpoise at 8:54 PM on January 5

I liked this because it's hard to see where it's going with every twist. It's also nice to see Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette together again - I recently rewatched About a Boy and they were great together in that.
posted by odd ghost at 4:26 AM on January 6 [1 favorite]

Watched a midweek screening when it was out here last year. Could hear some young people up front talking during the adverts at the start and was a bit concerned as they said they didn't really know much about what they were about to see. Towards the end they were exclaiming along with it, really caught up in the story, in a way I rarely see in the cinema. Enjoyed the film and this experience really added to it.
posted by ainymeek at 1:19 PM on January 6 [3 favorites]

It was ok-ish. The premise felt too contrived to me, and I couldn't really resonate with the protagonist's inner turmoil.
posted by signal at 2:45 PM on January 6 [1 favorite]

I was not on board with this! "Movie of the week" is on-the-nose; the other jurors in particular felt very simple, and the way they each expressed their opinions felt contrived and wooden, to me.

But! I had a funny element to my viewing - I somehow was under the belief that it was an M. Night Shyamalan film. And I spent the entire movie anticipating a last-minute signature MNS "reveal". Then the ending happened, and I was like, "Oh."
posted by neuromodulator at 3:46 PM on January 6 [2 favorites]

I have a specific question which hopefully can get answered in a non-spoilery way...

There's a line in the trainer in which the prosecutor, who happens to be a woman, says that the defendant should pay for what they did. It raised a couple of hairs on the back of my neck: is this a movie that's subtly or not so subtly arguing that we as a society are too quick to assume domestic violence at the core of murder cases? I respect Eastwood as a director and in general I think he doesn't make films with political goals, but for some reason the trailer for this one got to me.
posted by Bryant at 6:25 AM on January 7