Overview
A 2,500-word (+ or – 100 words) review and critique of a movie from the list below:
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
12 Angry Men (1957)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Philadelphia (1993)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
The Verdict (1982)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
A Few Good Men (1992)
And Justice for All (1979)
A Civil Action (1998)
The Pelican Brief (1993)
The Rain Maker (1997)
A Time to Kill (1996)
Michael Clayton (2007)
North Country (2005)
Class Action (1991)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Runaway Jury (2003)
The Verdict (1982)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Conviction (2010)
Making A Murderer (2015)
Woman in Gold (2015)
Denial (2016)
Marshall (2017)
RGB (2018)
On the Basis of Sex (2018)
Just Mercy (2019)
Dark Waters (2019)
Questions that you may address in your paper: (Not all will apply to every Movie)
- Format in APA or MLA, double-spaced
- You must cite any work you use for your paper in any citation form.
- Include your insights, reactions, takeaways, and application to the class topics from your movie experience.
- Summarize the movie’s plot and depiction of the law.
- What were the legal and factual issues in the Movie?
- Were the legal subjects (e.g., contracts, torts) depicted factually/accurately in the Movie, or was the law sensationalized?
- How would you have handled the case(s) as a juror, lawyer, or judge? (Pick One Point of View)
- What was the end result of the Movie? Do you agree or disagree with the ending? Why?
- What did you learn that is applicable to our Class?
I will include an example