A seventeen-year-old girl is on trial for the fatal stabbing of her friend’s boyfriend. The charge is murder. Her plea is self-defense. Sequestered in a jury room, twelve strangers are given two hours and twenty minutes to deliver a unanimous verdict. What seems like a clear case becomes something far more complex when one juror raises doubt—forcing the others to reexamine the evidence, their assumptions, and themselves.
Director: Robbie Moffat
Writers: Robbie Moffat
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This courtroom chamber piece is a clear nod to classic deliberation dramas, but it stands firmly on its own. Robbie Moffat’s tight direction and script make excellent use of the single-location setting, letting character dynamics and moral tension drive the film. What begins as a…
