Anatomy of a Murder
This film revolves around the murder trial of a serious criminal who killed his wife. In that crime, the defendant says he suffered temporary madness after the victim raped his wife, but it may be very strange and no one knows the truth.
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March 09, 2012
Even with the glut of crime-related TV dramas that pepper today's screens, you'd be hard pressed to find a courtroom story that doesn't have you rooting one way or the other with a heavy-handed POV. This one doesn't it's way ahead of its time.
March 01, 2012
simultaneously plays by and punctures the expectations of the courtroom thriller
February 23, 2012
As courtroom thrillers go, it has few peers.
June 08, 2012
(Stewart's character) finishes the film an enigma, possibly the good go-getter of Capra but too much of a shadow.
June 24, 2006
Coolly absorbing, nonchalantly cynical.
November 06, 2013
This is probably the greatest courtroom drama ever made and it features James Stewart's finest screen performance.
May 20, 2003
It is the best courtroom melodrama this old judge has ever seen.
October 23, 2007
Preminger purposely creates situations that flicker with uncertainty, that may be evaluated in different ways. Motives are mixed and dubious, and, therefore, sustain interest.
April 25, 2012
Otto Preminger, no stranger to ruffling moral-watchdog feathers, never succumbs to the sleaziness inherent in the material, instead turning out an intelligent and tightly controlled drama that ranks as one of the all-time great courtroom procedurals.
October 23, 2007
As an entertaining look at legal process, this is spellbinding all the way, infused by an ambiguity about human personality and motivation that is Preminger's trademark, and the location shooting is superb.
November 06, 2013
Otto Preminger's cynical view of the judicial system is curiously contemporary and still serves as a blueprint for numerous TV 'tec shows.
April 24, 2009
At 160 minutes, Anatomy is longer than the subject warrants, but the pace seldom slackens -- thanks to the competence of Director Otto Preminger.
